Elevated β-secretase expression and enzymatic activity detected in sporadic Alzheimer disease [1]

Nature Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-4

  Yang, Li Bang ^a   Lindholm, Kristina ^a   Yan, Riqiang ^b   Citron, Martin ^c   Xia, Weiming ^d   Yang, Xiao Li ^a   Beach, Thomas ^a   Sue, Lucia ^a   Wong, Philip ^e   Price, Donald ^e   Li, Rena ^a   Shen, Yong ^a  

^a SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENILE PLAQUE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MUTATION; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0037236622     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0103-3     Document Type: Letter

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