A test of the cytosolic apolipoprotein E hypothesis fails to detect the escape of apolipoprotein E from the endocytic pathway into the cytosol and shows that direct expression of apolipoprotein E in the cytosol is cytotoxic

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2464-2473

  DeMattos, Ronald B ^a   Thorngate, Fayanne E ^a   Williams, David L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; apoE; Cytosolic; Cytotoxic; Endocytosis; Microtubules; Nuclear localization assay; Tau

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033119820     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-07-02464.1999     Document Type: Article

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