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Dietary cholesterol and its effect on tau protein: a study in apolipoprotein E-deficient and P301L human tau mice.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Apr 2011
Glöckner Frauke, Meske Volker, Lütjohann Dieter, Ohm Thomas G
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Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is the major cholesterol transporter in the brain. There is epidemiological and experimental evidence for involvement of cholesterol metabolism in the development and progression of Alzheimer disease. A dietary effect on tau phosphorylation or aggregation, or a role of apoE in tau metabolism, has been studied experimentally, but the data are ambiguous. To elucidate the relationship between...
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