ANK1 is up-regulated in laser captured microglia in Alzheimer's brain; the importance of addressing cellular heterogeneity.

Recent epigenetic association studies have identified a new gene, ANK1, in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although strong associations were observed, brain homogenates were used to generate the data, introducing complications because of the range of cell types analyzed. In order...

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Main Authors: Diego Mastroeni, Shobana Sekar, Jennifer Nolz, Elaine Delvaux, Katie Lunnon, Jonathan Mill, Winnie S Liang, Paul D Coleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5507536?pdf=render