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Rapid Degeneration of Cultured Human Brain Pericytes by Amyloid β Protein
1 Mar 1997
Abstract excerpt
Amyloid beta protein (A beta) deposition in the cerebral arterial and capillary walls is one of the major characteristics of brains from patients with Alzheimer's disease and hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Dutch type (HCHWA-D). Vascular A beta deposition is accompanied by degeneration of smooth muscle cells and pericytes. In this study we found that A beta 1-40 carrying the "Dutch" mutation...
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