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The effects of NOS2 gene deletion on mice expressing mutated human AbetaPP.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Dec 2008
Colton Carol A, Wilcock Donna M, Wink David A, Davis Judianne, Van Nostrand William E, Vitek Michael P
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) and its gene product, inducible NOS (iNOS) play an important role in neuroinflammation by generating nitric oxide (NO), a critical signaling and redox factor in the brain. Although NO is associated with tissue damage, it can also promote cell survival. We hypothesize that during long-term exposure to amyloid-beta (Abeta) in Alzheimer's disease (AD), NO levels fall in the brain to a...
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