Mapping of Gene Expression Reveals CYP27A1 as a Susceptibility Gene for Sporadic ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of upper and lower motor neurons. ALS is considered to be a complex trait and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have implicated a few susceptibility loci. However, many more causal loci remain...

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Main Authors: Diekstra, Frank P., Saris, Christiaan G. J., van Rheenen, Wouter, Franke, Lude, Jansen, Ritsert C., van Es, Michael A., van Vught, Paul W. J., Blauw, Hylke M., Groen, Ewout J. N., Horvath, Steve, Estrada, Karol, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Robberecht, Wim, Andersen, Peter M., Melki, Judith, Meininger, Vincent, Hardiman, Orla, Landers, John E., Brown, Robert H., Shatunov, Aleksey, Shaw, Christopher E., Leigh, P. Nigel, Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Ophoff, Roel A., van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3324559/