日前，來自歐洲與美國等多處機構的科學家在《自然—遺傳學》上報告稱，基于一項超大型研究，他們找到了阿爾茨海默氏癥（俗稱老年癡呆癥）的多個遺傳變異。

    在這項大范圍關聯(lián)分析中，科學家對 17008 名阿爾茨海默氏癥患者進行全基因組關聯(lián)研究，并選取 37154 名健康個體作為對照組，之后再對另外 8572 名患者進行了第二階段研究，選取 11312 名健康個體作為對照組。
   

    研究結(jié)果顯示，除了之前已發(fā)現(xiàn)的 APOE 基因組的關聯(lián)外，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了 19 個對晚發(fā)型老年癡呆癥具有重要影響的基因組區(qū)域，其中 11 個屬于易感性基因座。

    這項發(fā)現(xiàn)印證了之前老年癡呆癥病理學涉及到的幾個途徑，包括免疫反應、炎癥、細胞遷移和類脂運疏通路。此外，研究人員還提出了一些可能對患病風險有影響的其他基因和通路。

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