Ginsenoside compound K promotes β-amyloid peptide clearance in primary astrocytes via autophagy enhancement

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1271-1274

  Guo, Jinhui ^a   Chang, Li ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Pei, Sujuan ^a   Yu, Meishuang ^a   Gao, Jianlian ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Autophagy; Compound K; amyloid peptides

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE COMPOUND K; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE ULK1; PROTEIN P62; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL AGGREGATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CLEARANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84906515229     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.1885     Document Type: Article

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