Immunomodulation targeting of both Aβ and tau pathological conformers ameliorates Alzheimer's disease pathology in TgSwDI and 3xTg mouse models

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Goñi, Fernando ^a   Herline, Krystal ^a   Peyser, Daniel ^a   Wong, Kinlung ^a   Ji, Yong ^a,c   Sun, Yanjie ^a   Mehta, Pankaj ^b   Wisniewski, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c TIANJIN HUANHU HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; amyloid; British amyloidosis; transgenic mice; vaccination; sheet conformation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; PROTEIN PBRI; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3XTG MOUSE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TARGETING; TAUOPATHY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84889992513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-10-150     Document Type: Article

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