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Blood protein linked to lower brain lesion volume
Higher blood levels of the protein cathepsin B were linked to lower lesion volume, with an association estimate of minus 0.09 in 5,260 people.Higher blood levels of the protein cathepsin B were linked to lower lesion volume, with an association estimate of minus 0.09 in 5,260 people.
Cohort study of 5,260 UK Biobank participantsMechanisms
Limit: The postmortem comparison supporting lesion-related cathepsin B changes involved only eight samples