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SUBMITTER: Eimer WA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6075814 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eimer William A WA Vijaya Kumar Deepak Kumar DK Navalpur Shanmugam Nanda Kumar NK Rodriguez Alex S AS Mitchell Teryn T Washicosky Kevin J KJ György Bence B Breakefield Xandra O XO Tanzi Rudolph E RE Moir Robert D RD
Neuron 20180701 1
Amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) fibrilization and deposition as β-amyloid are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. We recently reported Aβ is an innate immune protein that protects against fungal and bacterial infections. Fibrilization pathways mediate Aβ antimicrobial activities. Thus, infection can seed and dramatically accelerate β-amyloid deposition. Here, we show Aβ oligomers bind herpesvirus surface glycoproteins, accelerating β-amyloid deposition and leading to protective viral entrapm ...[more]