Role of protein kinase B in Alzheimer's neurofibrillary pathology

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-392

  Pei, Jin Jing ^a   Khatoon, Sabiha ^b   An, Wen Lin ^a   Nordlinder, Maria ^a   Tanaka, Toshihisa ^c   Braak, Heiko ^d   Tsujio, Ichiro ^c   Takeda, Masatoshi ^c   Alafuzoff, Irina ^e   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Cowburn, Richard F ^a   Grundke Iqbal, Inge ^b   Iqbal, Khalid ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Glycogen synthase kinase 3; Microtubule associated protein tau; Neurofibrillary tangle; Protein kinase B

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE B; TAU PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0038100358     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0657-y     Document Type: Review

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