Mitotic epitopes are incorporated into age-dependent neurofibrillary tangles in niemann-pick disease type C

Brain Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 367-377

  Zhang, Min ^a   Wang, Xuezhen ^a   Jiang, Feng ^b   Wang, Wei ^a   Vincent, Inez ^c   Bu, Bitao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cdc2; Cyclin B1; Mitotic marker; Neurodegeneration; Tau phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B; CYCLIN B KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; EPITOPE; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL LOSS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MITOSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PURKINJE CELL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLIN B; EPITOPES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE C; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75949100822     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2009.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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