Human apolipoprotein E2, E3, and E4 isoform-specific transgenic mice: Human-like pattern of glial and neuronal immunoreactivity in central nervous system not observed in wild-type mice

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-245

  Xu, Pu Ting ^a   Schmechel, Donald ^a,b   Rothrock Christian, Tracie ^a   Burkhart, D Scott ^a   Qiu, Hui Ling ^a   Popko, Brian ^c   Sullivan, Patrick ^c   Maeda, Nobuyo ^c   Saunders, Ann M ^a   Roses, Allen D ^a   Gilbert, John R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHOLESTEROL; ISOPROTEIN;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030175279     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1996.0023     Document Type: Article

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