综合性分析揭示了关键的溶酶体基因作为阿尔茨海默病的潜在治疗点

Xiangzhen Zhu1, Jingfang Gao1, Chao Qiu2,3

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310006, Zhejiang, China.

Metabolic brain disease
|August 16, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究确定了与阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 相关的关键溶酶体相关基因 (LRGs). LAMP1和CTSB显示出作为生物标志物的潜力,LAMP1可能通过增强自来改善AD.

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