Amyloid precursor protein metabolism in primary cell cultures of neurons, astrocytes, and microglia

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2300-2310

  LeBlanc, Andréa C ^a,c   Xue, Run ^b   Gambetti, Pierluigi ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Amyloid precursor protein metabolism; Amyloid peptide; Astrocytes; Microglia; Neurons

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SENILE PLAQUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029980902     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66062300.x     Document Type: Article

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