Cholesterol-dependent aggregation of amyloid β-protein

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 977, Issue , 2002, Pages 384-386

  Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Matsuzaki, Katsumi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alzheimer's disease (AD); Amyloid protein (A ); Cholesterol; GM1

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GANGLIOSIDE GM1;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCESS MONITORING; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036451728     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04841.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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