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APOE-mimetic peptides reduce behavioral deficits, plaques and tangles in Alzheimer's disease transgenics.
Neuro-degenerative diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Vitek M P, Christensen D J, Wilcock D, Davis J, Van Nostrand W E, Li F Q, Colton C A
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BACKGROUND: After age, the second largest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype, where APOE4 is associated with lower apoE protein levels, more severer brain pathology, enhanced inflammation and disease. Small peptides corresponding to the receptor-binding r...
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