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Age-Dependent Changes in the Sarkosyl-Insoluble Proteome of APPSWE/PS1ΔE9 Transgenic Mice Implicate Dysfunctional Mitochondria in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2018
Thygesen Camilla, Metaxas Athanasios, Larsen Martin R, Finsen Bente
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BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, is characterized by the intra- and extracellular aggregation and accumulation of proteins. The major molecular hallmark is the aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau proteins into plaques and tangles, respectively. Evidence points to the pre-fibrillary states of protein aggregates harboring the greatest neurotoxicity....
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