Attenuating astrocyte activation accelerates plaque pathogenesis in APP/PS1 mice

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 187-198

  Kraft, Andrew W ^a   Hu, Xiaoyan ^a   Yoon, Hyejin ^a   Yan, Ping ^a   Xiao, Qingli ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Gil, So Chon ^a   Brown, Jennifer ^a   Wilhelmsson, Ulrika ^b   Restivo, Jessica L ^a   Cirrito, John R ^a   Holtzman, David M ^a   Kim, Jungsu ^a   Pekny, Milos ^b   Lee, Jin Moo ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Astrogliosis; GFAP; Intermediate filaments; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; PRESENILIN-1; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84871905759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-208660     Document Type: Article

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