AAMS Genetics & Molecular Medicine · Vol. 2 · Issue 1 · 2025-03-12
Mitochondrial DNA Variants and Their Association with Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Population-Based Study
Tanaka Y, Suzuki H, Nakamura T
Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan¹; National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan²
Abstract
Analysis of mitochondrial DNA variants in 28,000 Japanese individuals reveals significant associations between specific haplogroups and risk of Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease.
Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA, Neurodegeneration, Population Genetics, Alzheimer Disease, Haplogroups
Full Text
Analysis of mitochondrial DNA variants in 28,000 Japanese individuals reveals significant associations between specific haplogroups and risk of Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease.
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