An App knock-in rat model for Alzheimer's disease exhibiting Aβ and tau pathologies, neuronal death and cognitive impairments

K Pang, R Jiang, W Zhang, Z Yang, LL Li… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
A major obstacle in Alzheimer's disease (AD) research is the lack of predictive and
translatable animal models that reflect disease progression and drug efficacy. Transgenic …

APP mouse models for Alzheimer's disease preclinical studies

H Sasaguri, P Nilsson, S Hashimoto, K Nagata… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
Animal models of human diseases that accurately recapitulate clinical pathology are
indispensable for understanding molecular mechanisms and advancing preclinical studies …

Amyloid precursor protein transgenic mouse models and Alzheimer's disease: understanding the paradigms, limitations, and contributions

TA Kokjohn, AE Roher - Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2009 - Elsevier
Transgenic (Tg) mice that overexpress mutant familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) amyloid
precursor protein (APP) genes have contributed to an understanding of dementia pathology …

Development of transgenic rats producing human β-amyloid precursor protein as a model for Alzheimer's disease: Transgene and endogenous APP genes are …

C Agca, JJ Fritz, LC Walker, AI Levey, AWS Chan… - BMC neuroscience, 2008 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that
affects a large and growing number of elderly individuals. In addition to idiopathic disease …

Alzheimer's disease animal models: elucidation of biomarkers and therapeutic approaches for cognitive impairment

T Nakai, K Yamada, H Mizoguchi - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. It
is widely accepted that AD is mainly caused by the accumulation of extracellular amyloid β …

A transgenic rat that develops Alzheimer's disease-like amyloid pathology, deficits in synaptic plasticity and cognitive impairment

L Liu, IJ Orozco, E Planel, Y Wen, A Bretteville… - Neurobiology of …, 2008 - Elsevier
In the last decade, multiple lines of transgenic APP overexpressing mice have been created
that recapitulate certain aspects of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, none of the …

Neuron loss in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer′ s disease

O Wirths, TA Bayer - International journal of Alzheimer's …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Since their initial generation in the mid 1990s, transgenic mouse models of Alzheimers′ s
disease (AD) have been proven to be valuable model systems which are indispensable for …

Overexpression of wild-type human APP in mice causes cognitive deficits and pathological features unrelated to Aβ levels

AM Simón, L Schiapparelli, P Salazar-Colocho… - Neurobiology of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Transgenic mice expressing mutant human amyloid precursor protein (APP) develop an age-
dependent amyloid pathology and memory deficits, but no overt neuronal loss. Here, in mice …

APP physiological and pathophysiological functions: insights from animal models

Q Guo, Z Wang, H Li, M Wiese, H Zheng - Cell research, 2012 - nature.com
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) has been under intensive study in recent years, mainly
due to its critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). β-Amyloid (Aβ) …

Changes in amyloid-β and Tau in the cerebrospinal fluid of transgenic mice overexpressing amyloid precursor protein

LF Maia, SA Kaeser, J Reichwald, M Hruscha… - Science translational …, 2013 - science.org
Altered concentrations of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and Tau protein in the cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) are thought to be predictive markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Transgenic mice …