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Gangliosides determine the amyloid pathology of Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroreport - 5 Aug 2009
Oikawa Naoto, Yamaguchi Haruyasu, Ogino Koichi, Taki Takao, Yuyama Kohei, Yamamoto Naoki, Shin Ryong-Woon, Furukawa Koichi, Yanagisawa Katsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Gangliosides, GM3 and GM1, are suggested to accelerate the deposition of the amyloid beta-protein as amyloid angiopathy and senile plaques, respectively, in the Alzheimer brain. We investigated the profile of amyloid deposition in the brains of transgenic mice expressing a mutant amyloid precursor protein with a disrupted GM2 synthase gene, in which GM3 accumulates whereas GM1 is lacking. These mice showed a...
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