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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus
SUBMITTER: Wei Ge
PROVIDER: PXD047210 | iProX | Fri Nov 24 00:00:00 GMT 2023
REPOSITORIES: iProX
Wang Xia X Wang Jiayu J Chen Yashuang Y Qian Xiaojing X Luo Shiqi S Wang Xue X Ma Chao C Ge Wei W
Nature communications 20240322 1
In the ALDH2 rs671 variant, a guanine changes to an adenine, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the catalytic activity of the enzyme. Population-based data are contradictory about whether this variant increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease. In East Asian populations, the prevalence of the ALDH2 rs671 variant is 30-50%, making the National Human Brain Bank for Development and Function (the largest brain bank in East Asia) an important resource to explore the link between the ALDH2 rs671 polym ...[more]