β-Secretase Activity Increases with Aging in Human, Monkey, and Mouse Brain

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 719-725

  Fukumoto, Hiroaki ^a   Rosene, Douglas L ^b,c   Moss, Mark B ^b,c   Raju, Susan ^a   Hyman, Bradley T ^a   Irizarry, Michael C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; CELL PROTEIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHESUS MONKEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MACACA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 1542349913     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63159-8     Document Type: Article

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