The production of an amyloidogenic metabolite of the Alzheimer amyloid β precursor protein (APP) in thyroid cells is stimulated by interleukin 1β, but inhibited by interferon gamma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1666-1669

  Schmitt, T L ^a   Steiner, E ^a   Klingler, P ^a   Sztankay, A ^a   Grubeck Loebenstein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; amyloid; APP; cytokines; human thyroid cells; IFN ; IL 1

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; THYROID CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0029876963     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.4.1666     Document Type: Article

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