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SUBMITTER: Zhao Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4482781 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Zhen Z Sagare Abhay P AP Ma Qingyi Q Halliday Matthew R MR Kong Pan P Kisler Kassandra K Winkler Ethan A EA Ramanathan Anita A Kanekiyo Takahisa T Bu Guojun G Owens Nelly Chuqui NC Rege Sanket V SV Si Gabriel G Ahuja Ashim A Zhu Donghui D Miller Carol A CA Schneider Julie A JA Maeda Manami M Maeda Takahiro T Sugawara Tohru T Ichida Justin K JK Zlokovic Berislav V BV
Nature neuroscience 20150525 7
PICALM is a highly validated genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). We found that reduced expression of PICALM in AD and murine brain endothelium correlated with amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology and cognitive impairment. Moreover, Picalm deficiency diminished Aβ clearance across the murine blood-brain barrier (BBB) and accelerated Aβ pathology in a manner that was reversible by endothelial PICALM re-expression. Using human brain endothelial monolayers, we found that PICALM regulated PICALM/cl ...[more]