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Alzheimer Abeta peptide induces chromosome mis-segregation and aneuploidy, including trisomy 21: requirement for tau and APP.
Molecular biology of the cell - 15 Feb 2010
Granic Antoneta, Padmanabhan Jaya, Norden Michelle, Potter Huntington
Abstract excerpt
Both sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients exhibit increased chromosome aneuploidy, particularly trisomy 21, in neurons and other cells. Significantly, trisomy 21/Down syndrome patients develop early onset AD pathology. We investigated the mechanism underlying mosaic chromosome...
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