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Single App knock-in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.
Nature neuroscience - 1 May 2014
Saito Takashi, Matsuba Yukio, Mihira Naomi, Takano Jiro, Nilsson Per, Itohara Shigeyoshi, Iwata Nobuhisa, Saido Takaomi C
Abstract excerpt
Experimental studies of Alzheimer's disease have largely depended on transgenic mice overexpressing amyloid precursor protein (APP). These mice, however, suffer from artificial phenotypes because, in addition to amyloid β peptide (Aβ), they overproduce other APP fragments. We generated knock-in mice that harbor Swedish and Beyreuther/Iberian mutations with and without the Arctic mutation in the APP gene. The mice...
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