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Loss of the neuroprotective factor Sphingosine 1-phosphate early in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 23 Jan 2014
Couttas Timothy A, Kain Nupur, Daniels Benjamin, Lim Xin Ying, Shepherd Claire, Kril Jillian, Pickford Russell, Li Hongyun, Garner Brett, Don Anthony S
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BACKGROUND: The greatest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the ϵ4 allele of Apolipoprotein E (ApoE). ApoE regulates secretion of the potent neuroprotective signaling lipid Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P). S1P is derived by phosphorylation of sphingosine, catalysed by sphingosine kinases 1 and 2 (SphK1 and 2), and SphK1 positively regulates glutamate secretion and synaptic strength in...
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