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Experimental diabetes mellitus exacerbates tau pathology in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
PloS one - 19 Nov 2009
Ke Yazi D, Delerue Fabien, Gladbach Amadeus, Götz Jürgen, Ittner Lars M
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by hyperglycemia caused by a lack of insulin, insulin resistance, or both. There is increasing evidence that insulin also plays a role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) as it is involved in the metabolism of beta-amyloid (Abeta) and tau, two proteins that form Abeta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), respectively, the hallmark lesions in AD. Here, we examined the effects...
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