Regulation of Aβ pathology by beclin 1: A protective role for autophagy?

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2015-2018

  Lee, Jin A ^a   Gao, Fen Biao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BECLIN 1; BRAIN PROTEIN; CHLORDANE; BECN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL PROTECTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; ENDOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN; ENDOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PROTEINS;

EID: 45749139570     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI35662     Document Type: Note

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