Newly Identified Rare Alzheimer's Disease Gene Mutation More Common in Icelandic People (IMAGE)

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Newly Identified Rare Alzheimer's Disease Gene Mutation More Common in Icelandic People

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In fruit fly studies, the authors found that the P155L variant causes a loss-of-function in TM2D3, in the context of Notch-Presenilin signal transduction.

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Shinya Yamamoto, Baylor College of Medicine

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