Reactive microglia specifically associated with amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease brain tissue express melanotransferrin

Brain Research

Volumn 712, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 122-126

  Jefferies, Wilfred A ^a   Food, Michael R ^a   Gabathuler, Reinhard ^a   Rothenberger, Sylvia ^a   Yamada, Tatsuo ^a   Yasuhara, Osamu ^a   McGeer, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid plaque; Melanotransferrin; Transferrin receptor; Amyloid protein

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0029935613     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01407-1     Document Type: Article

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