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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy in a 95+ cohort: complement activation and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype.
Neuropathology and applied neurobiology - 1 Dec 2005
Tanskanen M, Lindsberg P J, Tienari P J, Polvikoski T, Sulkava R, Verkkoniemi A, Rastas S, Paetau A, Kiuru-Enari S
Abstract excerpt
There is growing evidence that in Alzheimer's disease (AD) amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) triggers a chronic inflammatory reaction in cerebral amyloid plaques, including complement proteins. Abeta also accumulates cerebrovascularly in age- and AD-associated cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). We investigated complement proteins in CAA in a population-based series using histological and immunohistochemical staining...
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