Beta amyloid peptide: From different aggregation forms to the activation of different biochemical pathways

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 877-888

  Di Carlo, Marta ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Beta amyloid; Fibrillogenesis; Inflammation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEASE NEXINS; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 77952094986     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0439-8     Document Type: Review

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