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sAPPalpha enhances the transdifferentiation of adult bone marrow progenitor cells to neuronal phenotypes.
Current Alzheimer research - 1 Feb 2006
Chen Chun-Wei David, Boiteau Rene M, Lai Wen-Fu Thomas, Barger Steven W, Cataldo Anne M
Abstract excerpt
The remediation of neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) remains a challenge to basic scientists and clinicians. It has been suggested that adult bone marrow stem cells can transdifferentiate into different neuronal phenotypes. Here we demonstrate that the alpha-secretase-cleaved fragment of the amyloid precursor protein (sAPPalpha), a potent neurotrophic factor, potentiates the...
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