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Detection of Neuritic Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model
Published on: July 26, 2011
Research advances in the biology of Alzheimer's disease
1Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
Abstract:
Research on AD has shed light on the biochemical composition and mechanisms of the formation of amyloid deposits and PHFs, the structural hallmarks of the disease. Amyloid is composed of a 4-kd peptide, beta P, that originates in the metabolism of a 130-kd transmembrane precursor protein. Soluble beta P accumulates in the AD brain until it polymerizes in amyloid fibers. Paired helical filaments are composed of hyperphosphorylated tau, a microtubule-associated protein that normally acts as a tubulin assembly factor. Future research must clarify why beta P accumulates in extracellular spaces of AD tissue and focus on the relation between amyloid deposition and neuronal degeneration.
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