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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Even though the idea that amyloid beta peptide accumulation is the primary event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease has become the leading hypothesis, the causal link between aberrant amyloid precursor protein processing and tau alterations in this type of dementia remains controversial. We further investigated the role of beta-amyloid production/deposition in tau pathology and neuronal cell death in the mouse brain by crossing Tg2576 and VLW lines expressing human mutant amyloid precursor protein and human mutant tau, respectively. The resulting double transgenic mice showed enhanced amyloid deposition accompanied by neurofibrillary degeneration and overt neuronal loss in selectively vulnerable brain limbic areas. These findings challenge the idea that tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease is merely a downstream effect of amyloid production/deposition and suggest that reciprocal interactions between beta-amyloid and tau alterations may take place in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0969-9961
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
814-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Neurofibrillary Tangles, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-Plaque, Amyloid, pubmed-meshheading:16125396-tau Proteins
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Accelerated amyloid deposition, neurofibrillary degeneration and neuronal loss in double mutant APP/tau transgenic mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Departmento de Neurología, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't