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factor for LOAD (Aldudo et al., 1998; Zekanowski et al., 2004; Helisalmi et al., 2000). Other presenilin
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factor for LOAD (Aldudo et al., 1998; Zekanowski et al., 2004; Helisalmi et al., 2000). Other presenilin
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covered this important milestone with commentary (see Dubois et al., 2007), in the news (see ARF related
(i.e., their evolution over the course of the disease) (Jack et al., 2010; Weiner et al., 2010; Frisoni
concentrations (see ARF related news story and Lambert et al., 1998). Soon, numerous other labs fingered Aβ
pharma picks them up for human translation (Prinz et al., 2011). Hyped coverage of such publications can
Aβ production that might be regulated by synaptic activity (Kamenetz et al., 2003; Bero et al., 2011)
(Seubert et al., 1992; Haass et al., 1992). All the same, a parallel line of inquiry challenging the
phases (see ARF related news story on McKhann et al., 2011; Albert et al., 2011; and Sperling et al.,
influence biology in people with Down’s (see Korbel et al., 2009), the presence of an extra copy of the gene
related news story on Lincecum et al., 2010). Compounds that block the interaction between CD40 and its
Alois Alzheimer made a major breakthrough when he discovered senile plaques in the brains of dementia patients, and his work ultimately led to the discovery of amyloid-β and to the amyloid cascade hypothesis. But that cascade is only part of a much bigger
in the brains of wild-type mice infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae (Little et al., 2004). More
knocking down (Mokas et al., 2009) or inhibiting (Kedersha et al., 1999) key translation factors, or by
disease (Mann et al., 1980; Bondareff et al., 1982; Haglund et al., 2006). Tau pathology also occurs in LC
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