Apoptotic mechanisms in Alzheimer neurofibrillary degeneration: cause or effect?
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Apoptotic mechanisms in Alzheimer neurofibrillary degeneration: cause or effect?
Increasing evidence suggests that selective neuronal loss in neurodegenerative diseases involves activation of cysteine aspartyl proteases (caspases), which initiate and execute apoptosis. In Alzheimer disease both extracellular amyloid deposits and intracellular amyloid beta protein may activate caspases, leading to cleavage of nuclear and cytoskeletal proteins, including tau protein. Proteoly...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci22317