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Deletion of Abca7 increases cerebral amyloid-β accumulation in the J20 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 6 Mar 2013
Kim Woojin S, Li Hongyun, Ruberu Kalani, Chan Sharon, Elliott David A, Low Jac Kee, Cheng David, Karl Tim, Garner Brett
Abstract excerpt
ATP-binding cassette transporter A7 (ABCA7) is expressed in the brain and has been detected in macrophages, microglia, and neurons. ABCA7 promotes efflux of lipids from cells to apolipoproteins and can also regulate phagocytosis and modulate processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) to generate the Alzheimer's disease (AD) amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide. Genome-wide association studies have indicated that ABCA7...
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