Von Willebrand factor promoter targets the expression of amyloid β protein precursor to brain vascular endothelial cells of transgenic mice

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Jahroudi, Nadia ^a,d   Schmaier, Alvin ^b   Srikanth, Sujata ^b   Mahdi, Fakhri ^b   Lutka, Frances A ^c   Bowser, Robert ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Cardiology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid protein precursor; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Endothelial cells; Transgenic mice; Von Willebrand factor promoter

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STROKE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

EID: 0038291910     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2003-5209     Document Type: Article

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