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Overexpression of human cystatin C in transgenic mice does not affect levels of endogenous brain amyloid Beta Peptide.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jan 2004
Pawlik Monika, Sastre Magdalena, Calero Miguel, Mathews Paul M, Schmidt Stephen D, Nixon Ralph A, Levy Efrat
Abstract excerpt
Cystatin C, an inhibitor of cysteine proteases, colocalizes with amyloid beta (Abeta) in parenchymal and vascular amyloid deposits in brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, suggesting that cystatin C has a role in AD. Cystatin C also colocalizes with beta amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP)...
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