Cholesterol-dependent modulation of tau phosphorylation in cultured neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 391-400

  Fan, Qi Wen ^a   Yu, Wei ^b   Senda, Takao ^b   Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Michikawa, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cholesterol; Microtubule depolymerization; Neurofibrillary tangles; Niemann Pick disease; Tau phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; TAU PROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYO; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; LOVASTATIN; MICROTUBULES; NEURITES; NEURONS; OXYGENASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE; TAU PROTEINS; THIOPHENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035142852     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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