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N-acetylcholinesterase-induced apoptosis in Alzheimer's disease.
PloS one - 1 Sept 2008
Toiber Debra, Berson Amit, Greenberg David, Melamed-Book Naomi, Diamant Sophia, Soreq Hermona
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves loss of cholinergic neurons and Tau protein hyper-phosphorylation. Here, we report that overexpression of an N-terminally extended "synaptic" acetylcholinesterase variant, N-AChE-S is causally involved in both these phenomena. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPA...
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