Progressive age-related impairment of the late long-term potentiation in Alzheimer's disease presenilin-1 mutant knock-in mice

A Auffret, V Gautheron, MP Mattson… - Journal of …, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Presenilin 1 (PS1) mutations are responsible for many early-onset familial Alzheimer's
disease (FAD) cases. While increasing evidence points to impaired synaptic plasticity as an …

Effect of chronic hCG administration on Alzheimer's-related cognition and Aβ accumulation in PS1KI mice

AM Barron, G Verdile, K Taddei, KA Bates… - …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Age-associated changes in the reproductive hormones—the gonadal steroid hormones and
the gonadotropins—have been identified as potential risk factors for Alzheimer's disease …

p53 is regulated by and regulates members of the γ-secretase complex

F Checler, J Dunys, R Pardossi-Piquard… - Neurodegenerative …, 2010 - karger.com
Amyloid β-peptides is the generic term for a set of hydrophobic peptides that accumulate in
Alzheimer's disease (AD)-affected brains. These amyloid-β peptide fragments are mainly …

Genetically engineered mouse models in drug discovery research

R Sacca, SJ Engle, W Qin, JL Stock… - Mouse Models for Drug …, 2010 - Springer
Genetically modified mouse models have been proven to be a powerful tool in drug
discovery. The ability to genetically modify the mouse genome by removing or replacing a …

Genetic Dissection of the Amyloid Precursor Protein in Developmental Function and Amyloid Pathogenesis*♦

H Li, Z Wang, B Wang, Q Guo, G Dolios… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) generates large soluble APP
derivatives, β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides, and APP intracellular domain. Expression of the …

Evidence for the involvement of calbindin D28k in the presenilin 1 model of Alzheimer's disease

GL Odero, K Oikawa, KAC Glazner, J Schapansky… - Neuroscience, 2010 - Elsevier
Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease include memory deficits, accumulation of
amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques, the appearance of neurofibrillary tangles, and dysregulation of …

Modeling Presenilin‐Dependent Familial Alzheimer′ s Disease: Emphasis on Presenilin Substrate‐Mediated Signaling and Synaptic Function

AT Parent, G Thinakaran - International Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations in PSEN genes, which encode presenilin proteins, cause familial early‐onset
Alzheimer′ s disease (AD). Transgenic mouse models based on coexpression of familial …

Puerarin attenuates glutamate-induced neurofilament axonal transport impairment

J Zhou, H Wang, Y Xiong, Z Li, Y Feng… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
AIM OF THE STUDY: Puerarin (Pur) is a primary component of the most functional extracts of
Pueraria lobata used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Since it has been …

Recent advances in antigen-based generation of monoclonal antibodies

M Tomita, K Tsumoto - Current Immunology Reviews, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Monoclonal antibodies are highly specific for antigens of interest, and have been widely
used for many purposes. For their generation, antigen-sensitized B lymphocytes need to be …

Age-related progressive synaptic dysfunction: the critical role of presenilin 1

A Auffret, J Mariani, C Rovira - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2010 - degruyter.com
Mutations in presenilin l gene (PS1) account for the majority of early-onset familial
Alzheimer's disease (FAD) cases. The disease is characterized by intracellular …