Apolipoprotein e accumulates with the progression of Aβ deposition in transgenic mice

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1228-1235

  Igeta, Yukifusa ^a   Kawarabayashi, Takeshi ^a   Sato, Masahiro ^a   Yamada, Nobuhiro ^c   Matsubara, Etsuro ^a   Ishiguro, Koji ^a   Kanai, Mitsuyasu ^a   Tomidokoro, Yasushi ^a   Osuga, Junichi ^c   Okamoto, Koichi ^a   Hirai, Shunsaku ^d   Shoji, Mikio ^b,e  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital   (Japan)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid ; Apolipoprotein E; Pancreas; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACINAR CELL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030842165     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199711000-00007     Document Type: Article

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