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Sphingolipid metabolism correlates with cerebrospinal fluid Beta amyloid levels in Alzheimer's disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Fonteh Alfred N, Ormseth Cora, Chiang Jiarong, Cipolla Matthew, Arakaki Xianghong, Harrington Michael G
Abstract excerpt
Sphingolipids are important in many brain functions but their role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not completely defined. A major limit is availability of fresh brain tissue with defined AD pathology. The discovery that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) contains abundant nanoparticles that include synaptic vesicles and large dense core vesicles offer an accessible sample to study these organelles, while the supernatant...
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