Astrocytes contain amyloid-β annular protofibrils in Alzheimer's disease brains

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3052-3057

  Lasagna Reeves, Cristian A ^a,b   Kayed, Rakez ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid peptide; Annular protofibril; Astrocyte

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANNULAR PROTOFIBRIL; BRAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 80053236465     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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