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Amyloid precursor protein reduction enhances the formation of neurofibrillary tangles in a mutant tau transgenic mouse model.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jul 2017
Vanden Dries Virginie, Stygelbout Virginie, Pierrot Nathalie, Yilmaz Zehra, Suain Valérie, De Decker Robert, Buée Luc, Octave Jean-Noël, Brion Jean-Pierre, Leroy Karelle
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Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the presence of 2 neuropathological lesions: neurofibrillary tangles, composed of tau proteins which are highly phosphorylated and phosphorylated on uncommon sites, and amyloid plaques, containing the Aß peptides generated from the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Reduction of some APP proteolytic derivatives in Alzheimer's disease such as sAPPα fragment has been reported...
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