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Alzheimer's Disease and Chromosome 14

Different Gene, Same Process?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Paul Harrison
Paul Harrison*
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University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
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Over the past three years, progress in the molecular genetics of familial Alzheimer's disease has been fast and fundamental. The seminal finding that some cases are due to a mutation in the β-amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene has been followed by the discovery of a major additional locus for the disease on chromosome 14. The combined data suggest that the genetic sites accounting for most early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease cases have now been located. In addition, research is revealing the mechanisms by which the genes exert their pathogenicity. This promises to provide the explanatory link between the genes and the clinicopathological syndrome. The ultimate goal, an understanding in similar terms of the much commoner senile, sporadic form of Alzheimer's disease, is now a realistic target.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 1 , July 1993 , pp. 2 - 5
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