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Aberrant expression of myeloperoxidase in astrocytes promotes phospholipid oxidation and memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 30 Jan 2009
Maki Richard A, Tyurin Vladimir A, Lyon Robert C, Hamilton Ronald L, DeKosky Steven T, Kagan Valerian E, Reynolds Wanda F
Abstract excerpt
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is expressed in Alzheimer disease (AD) but not normal aged brain. A functional -463G/A MPO promoter polymorphism has been associated with AD risk through as yet unidentified mechanisms. Here we report that human MPO-463G allele, but not MPO-463A or mouse MPO, is strongly expressed in astrocytes and deposited in plaques in huMPO transgenic mice crossed to the APP23 model. MPO is similarly...
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