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Brain beta-amyloid accumulation in transgenic mice expressing mutant superoxide dismutase 1.
Neurochemical research - 1 Dec 2004
Turner Bradley J, Li Qiao-Xin, Laughton Katrina M, Masters Colin L, Lopes Elizabeth C, Atkin Julie D, Cheema Surindar S
Abstract excerpt
Oxidative stress is implicated in both the deposition and pathogenesis of beta-amyloid (Abeta) protein in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Accordingly, overexpression of the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) in neuronal cells and transgenic AD mice reduces Abeta toxicity and accumulation. In contrast, mutations in SOD1 associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) confer enhanced pro-oxidative...
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