Bacterial Amyloid and DNA are Important Constituents of Senile Plaques: Further Evidence of the Spirochetal and Biofilm Nature of Senile Plaques

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1459-1473

  Miklossy, Judith ^a  

^a Alzheimer Research Center Prevention Alzheimer International Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Amyloid beta; A PP; Bacteria; Biofilm; Borrelia burgdorferi; Chronic infection; Colonies; Spirochetes; Thioflavin S; Treponema spirochetes

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LYME DISEASE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SPIROCHETE; TUNEL ASSAY; AMYLOID PLAQUE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; BIOFILMS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PLAQUE, AMYLOID;

EID: 84981725367     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-160451     Document Type: Article

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