path(MESH:"Alzheimer Disease") increases p(HGNC:CHRNA7)

PubMed:19293145

It is noteworthy that a different pattern of changes in nAChRs is seen in non-neuronal cells; expression levels of alpha7 have been reported to be elevated in astrocytes of brains from patients with AD and in cultured astrocytes (Teaktong et al., 2003; Xiu et al., 2005; Yu et al., 2005). Likewise, studies comparing alpha7 expression in human AD brain and Swedish-mutant mice found enhanced alpha7 expression in astrocytes but decreased expression in neurons compared with controls (Xiao et al., 2006).

MeSH

Astrocytes

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