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Neuronal zinc exchange with the blood vessel wall promotes cerebral amyloid angiopathy in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 31 Mar 2004
Friedlich Avi L, Lee Joo-Yong, van Groen Thomas, Cherny Robert A, Volitakis Irene, Cole Toby B, Palmiter Richard D, Koh Jae-Young, Bush Ashley I
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is common in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and may contribute to dementia and cerebral hemorrhage. Parenchymal beta-amyloid deposition is dependent on the activity of zinc transporter 3 (ZnT3), a neocortical synaptic vesicle membrane protein that causes enrichment of exchangeable Zn2+ in the vesicle, which is externalized on neurotransmission. However, the contribution of zinc to...
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