Article
Epigenetic modification is linked to Alzheimer's disease: is it a maker or a marker?
BMB reports - 1 Oct 2010
Lee Junghee, Ryu Hoon
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-dependent neurodegenerative disorder and shows progressive memory loss and cognitive decline. Intraneuronal filaments composed of aggregated hyperphosphorylated tau protein, called neurofibrillary tangles, along with extracellular accumulations of amyloid ß protein (Aß), called senile plaques, are known to be the neuropathological hallmarks of AD. In light of recent...
Topics
- Alzheimer Disease
- Animals
- Biomarkers
- Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Models, Biological
- Sirtuins
