2004
Protein May Block Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
NIEHS-funded researchers identified a brain protein known as transthyretin that may block the progression of Alzheimer's disease by inhibiting the effects of another protein, beta-amyloid peptide.
Tags: DNA, genes, polymorphisms
Stein TD, Anders NJ, DeCarli C, Chan SL, Mattson MP, Johnson JA. 2004. Neutralization of transthyretin reverses the neuroprotective effects of secreted amyloid precursor protein (APP) in APPSW mice resulting in tau phosphorylation and loss of hippocampal neurons: Support for the amyloid hypothesis. J Neurosci. 24(35):7707-7717. [Abstract] [Full Text]
Phelps J. Headliners: Neurological Disease: Neural Protein May Stop the Progression of Alzheimer Disease. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Jan;113(1):A31. PMCID: PMC1253726. [Abstract]
Cho DH, Nakamura T, Fang J, Cieplak P, Godzik A, Gu Z, Lipton SA. S-nitrosylation of Drp1 mediates beta-amyloid-related mitochondrial fission and neuronal injury. Science. 2009 Apr 3;324(5923):102-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1171091. PMID: 19342591; PMCID: PMC2823371. [Abstract]
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