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Newest in this topic

  1. Choroid Plexus Acts as Gatekeeper for TREM2, Abnormal Accumulation of ApoE, and Fibrillary Tau in Alzheimer's Disease and in Down Syndrome Dementia 2019-01-01
  2. Analysis of glial acidic fibrillary protein in the human entorhinal cortex during aging and in Alzheimer's disease 2003-08-01

Studies

2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2003 to 2019

Top journals

  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 1
  • Proteomics 1

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  1. Choroid Plexus Acts as Gatekeeper for TREM2, Abnormal Accumulation of ApoE, and Fibrillary Tau in Alzheimer's Disease and in Down Syndrome Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2019-01-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Accumulation of tau and ApoE in the choroid plexus may increase the oligomerization rate of Aβ42 and impair tau trafficking, leading to AD pathology.

  2. Analysis of glial acidic fibrillary protein in the human entorhinal cortex during aging and in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proteomics 2003-08-01 Biomarkers

    Glial fibrillary acidic protein, GFAP, is a major intermediate filament protein of glial cells and major cytoskeletal structure in astrocytes.

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