Relationship between beta amyloid peptide generating molecules and neprilysin in Alzheimer disease and normal brain

Brain Research

Volumn 919, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-121

  Yasojima, K ^a   McGeer, E G ^a   McGeer, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; BACE; CD10; Enkephalinase; Heart; Kidney; Liver; mRNA; PS 1; Spleen

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; GAMMA SECRETASE; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; PRESENILIN 1;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE LEVEL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NEPRILYSIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN;

EID: 0035900189     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03008-6     Document Type: Article

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