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Long-chain ceramide is elevated in presenilin 1 (PS1M146V) mouse brain and induces apoptosis in PS1 astrocytes.
Glia - 1 Mar 2008
Wang Guanghu, Silva Jeane, Dasgupta Somsankar, Bieberich Erhard
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The pro-apoptotic sphingolipid ceramide plays an emergent role in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), although its function for neurodegeneration is not known. We determined the concentration and composition of ceramide in hippocampal tissue from newborn presenilin 1 (PS1) knock-in (PS1M146V) mice, a mouse model for early-onset familial AD. We found that PS1 tissue contains 3.1 (+/-0.5)-fold more total...
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