Genetic cross-interaction between APOE and PRNP in sporadic Alzheimer's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) represent two distinct clinical entities belonging to a wider group, generically named as conformational disorders that share common pathophysiologic mechanisms. It is well-established that the APOE ε4 allele and homozygosity at polym...

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Main Authors: Olga Calero, María J Bullido, Jordi Clarimón, Ana Frank-García, Pablo Martínez-Martín, Alberto Lleó, María Jesús Rey, Alberto Rábano, Rafael Blesa, Teresa Gómez-Isla, Fernando Valdivieso, Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta, Isidro Ferrer, Miguel Calero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3140492?pdf=render