MITOCHONDRIAL MARKERS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

The present invention relates to an in vitro method to diagnose or determine the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease in a subject based on the determination of the methylation pattern in certain regions of mitochondrial DNA from said subject or determining the nucleotide at the polymorphi...

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Hauptverfasser: BLANCH LOZANO, Marta, BARRACHINA CASTILLO, Marta, FERRER ABIZANDA, Isidre
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to an in vitro method to diagnose or determine the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease in a subject based on the determination of the methylation pattern in certain regions of mitochondrial DNA from said subject or determining the nucleotide at the polymorphic position 16519 in the mitochondrial DNA of said subject. Finally, the present invention relates to nucleic acids suitable for application of the invention.