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Sex-Dependent Differences in Spontaneous Autoimmunity in Adult 3xTg-AD Mice.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2018
Kapadia Minesh, Mian M Firoz, Michalski Bernadeta, Azam Amber B, Ma Donglai, Salwierz Patrick, Christopher Adam, Rosa Elyse, Zovkic Iva B, Forsythe Paul, Fahnestock Margaret, Sakic Boris
Abstract excerpt
The triple-transgenic (3xTg-AD) mouse strain is a valuable model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) because it develops both amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau brain pathology. However, 1-year-old 3xTg-AD males no longer show plaques and tangles, yet early in life they exhibit diverse signs of systemic autoimmunity. The current study aimed to address whether females, which exhibit more severe plaque/tangle pathology at 1 year of...
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