Glutathione S-transferase omega genes in Alzheimer and Parkinson disease risk, age-at-diagnosis and brain gene expression: an association study with mechanistic implications

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Glutathione S-transferase omega-1 and 2 genes (<it>GSTO1</it>, <it>GSTO2</it>), residing within an Alzheimer and Parkinson disease (AD and PD) linkage region, have diverse functions including mitigation of oxi...

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Main Authors: Allen Mariet, Zou Fanggeng, Chai High, Younkin Curtis S, Miles Richard, Nair Asha A, Crook Julia E, Pankratz V, Carrasquillo Minerva M, Rowley Christopher N, Nguyen Thuy, Ma Li, Malphrus Kimberly G, Bisceglio Gina, Ortolaza Alexandra I, Palusak Ryan, Middha Sumit, Maharjan Sooraj, Georgescu Constantin, Schultz Debra, Rakhshan Fariborz, Kolbert Christopher P, Jen Jin, Sando Sigrid B, Aasly Jan O, Barcikowska Maria, Uitti Ryan J, Wszolek Zbigniew K, Ross Owen A, Petersen Ronald C, Graff-Radford Neill R, Dickson Dennis W, Younkin Steven G, Ertekin-Taner Nilüfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:Molecular Neurodegeneration
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Online Access:http://www.molecularneurodegeneration.com/content/7/1/13