Roles of amyloid precursor protein family members in neuroprotection, stress signaling and aging

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 471-479

  Kögel, Donat ^a   Deller, Thomas ^b   Behl, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apoptosis; Autophagy; Cell death; Signal transduction; Stress kinases

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; GAMMA SECRETASE; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NICASTRIN; PRESENILIN 1; PROTEIN SH2; SOMATOMEDIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862847543     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2932-4     Document Type: Review

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