The newly identified
gene affects accumulation of amyloid - beta, a protein believed to be one of the main causes of the damage that underpins this brain disease in humans.
Not exact matches
The aberrant and ongoing activation of ERVs caused an
accumulation of retroviral proteins in the
affected cells and deregulation of
genes and pathways.
Progression from normal epithelium to colorectal cancer requires an
accumulation of mutations in particular
genes that
affect the balance between proliferation and apoptosis.
In the Cocker spaniel we have found that the risk of getting
affected offspring increases when one or more parents are
affected by distichiasis, suggesting the
accumulation of presumed predisposing
genes.