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N-Acetylcholinesterase-Induced Apoptosis in Alzheimer's Disease

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves loss of cholinergic neurons and Tau protein hyper-phosphorylation. Here, we report that overexpression of an N-terminally extended “synaptic” acetylcholinesterase variant, N-AChE-S is causally involved in both these phenomena. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCI...

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Autores principales: Toiber, Debra, Berson, Amit, Greenberg, David, Melamed-Book, Naomi, Diamant, Sophia, Soreq, Hermona
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2518620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18769671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003108