Plant sterols the better cholesterol in Alzheimer's disease? A mechanistical study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 16072-16087

  Burg, Verena K ^a   Grimm, Heike S ^a   Rothhaar, Tatjana L ^a   Grösgen, Sven ^a   Hundsdörfer, Benjamin ^a   Haupenthal, Viola J ^a   Zimmer, Valerie C ^a   Mett, Janine ^a   Weingärtner, Oliver ^a   Laufs, Ulrich ^a   Broersen, Laus M ^b   Tanila, Heikki ^c   Vanmierlo, Tim ^d   Lütjohann, Dieter ^d   Hartmann, Tobias ^a   Grimm, Marcus O W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DANONE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN [1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN [1-42]; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; BETA SECRETASE 1; BRASSICASTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA SECRETASE; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID RAFT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAME IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYTOSTEROLS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STIGMASTEROL;

EID: 84885163577     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1506-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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