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SUBMITTER: Zerbinatti CV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC327153 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zerbinatti Celina V CV Wozniak David F DF Cirrito John J Cam Judy A JA Osaka Hiroshi H Bales Kelly R KR Zhuo Min M Paul Steven M SM Holtzman David M DM Bu Guojun G
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040119 4
Amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) is central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) has been shown to alter Abeta metabolism in vitro. Here, we show that overexpression of a functional LRP minireceptor in the brain of PDAPP mice results in age-dependent increase of soluble brain Abeta, with no changes in Abeta plaque burden. Importantly, soluble brain Abeta was found to be primarily in the form of monomers/dimers and to be highly cor ...[more]