Cellular Membrane Fluidity in Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-129

  Yang, Xiaoguang ^a   Sun, Grace Y ^b   Eckert, Gunter P ^c   Lee, James C M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; APP; Cellular membrane

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; APP PROTEIN, HUMAN; SECRETASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL SURFACE; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; CELL MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY;

EID: 84911008081     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8652-6     Document Type: Review

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