A βPP peptide carboxyl-terminal to Aβ is neurotoxic

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1001-1007

  Marcon, Gabriella ^a   Giaccone, Giorgio ^a   Canciani, Barbara ^a   Cajola, Laura ^a   Rossi, Giacomina ^a   De Gioia, Luca ^b   Salmona, Mario ^b   Bugiani, Orso ^a   Tagliavini, Fabrizio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; EPITOPE; TAU PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN PRECURSOR 770 (713 730); AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR 770 (713-730); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DNA DETERMINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETUS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS;

EID: 0032587913     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65352-7     Document Type: Article

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