Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting: More Potential AD Gene Loci from NIMH Study
Bertram et al. (301.7), evaluated Alzheimer’s disease (AD) candidate genes and AD chromosomal regions of interest (`30 cM) from the whole genome scans available...
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Bertram et al. (301.7), evaluated Alzheimer’s disease (AD) candidate genes and AD chromosomal regions of interest (`30 cM) from the whole genome scans available...
The presenilin-1 and -2 (PS1, PS2) genes encode integral transmembrane proteins putatively involved in cell-cell recognition, cell-fate determination, intercellular signaling and Aβ peptide formation...
Presenilin-1 and -2 (PS1, PS2) gene mutations appear to cause the majority of cases of early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease (EO-FAD). In this presentation Potter et al. (492.2) presented data...
Presenilin-1 and -2 (PS1 and PS2) are members of a (growing) family of genes which encode polytopic integral transmembrane proteins homologous to the Notch cell surface receptors of <em>Drosophila</em>...
Two immune proteins found in the brains of mice help the brain develop and may play key roles in triggering developmental disorders like dyslexia and neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's disease...
Mutations in the genes for α-synuclein and parkin have been linked to early-onset Parkinsonism, but the role of genetics in the far more common late-onset disease has been less clear...
Undifferentiated cells from the adult spinal cord can generate neurons when transplanted to the adult hippocampus, reveal Fred Gage and his coworkers at the Salk Institute, California, in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience...
The meeting in New Orleans demonstrated that the biology of α-synuclein and parkin are progressing at a rapid pace...
Macrophage activity is thought to play a key role in Alzheimer's and some other neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS, as well as in autoimmune disorders. The mechanisms that regulate macrophages could...
Statins have recently appeared on the radar screen for Alzheimer's researchers because of studies by Ben Wolozin and his colleagues showing that people who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs have a significantly reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease...
The abnormal prion protein, but not the normal prion protein, binds with high affinity to plasminogen, a plasma component that has been linked to neurotoxicity, according to a report in the current Nature...
Last year, Brad Hyman’s group reported on their ability to image amyloid plaques in the brains of live PDAPP Tg mice. Plaques could be detected as deep as 200 microns and the same plaques could be imaged...
Several presentations focused on the role of presenilins in calcium signaling pathways. Leissring and LaFerla (Abstract 474.7) reported that cells from mutant PS1 knockin mice are deficient in capacitative calcium entry...
What is the latest on the immunization of mice and men with Aβ? Will we be celebrating victory over Alzheimer’s disease in a few years (and looking for new jobs), or has the story been overrated?...
CD40 is a member of the TNF receptor superfamily, which includes TNFR-1, TNFR-2, Fas, CD27, RANK, DR4 (TRAIL-R1), DR5 (TRAIL-R2), and DR6, as well as assorted decoy receptors (e.g., DcR-1/TRAIL-3)...