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Murine Aβ over-production produces diffuse and compact Alzheimer-type amyloid deposits.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 14 Nov 2015
Xu Guilian, Ran Yong, Fromholt Susan E, Fu Chunhua, Yachnis Anthony T, Golde Todd E, Borchelt David R
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INTRODUCTION: Transgenic overexpression of amyloid precursor protein (APP) genes that are either entirely human in sequence or have humanized Aβ sequences can produce Alzheimer-type amyloidosis in mice, provided the transgenes also encode mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's Disease (FAD). Although transgenic mice have been produced that overexpress wild-type mouse APP, no mice have been generated that...
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