Comment on “ApoE-Directed Therapeutics Rapidly Clear β-Amyloid and Reverse Deficits in AD Mouse Models”
Author(s) -
Nicholas F. Fitz,
Andrea A. Cronican,
Iliya Lefterov,
Radosveta Koldamova
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.1235809
Subject(s) - apolipoprotein e , amyloid (mycology) , bexarotene , disease , β amyloid , medicine , alzheimer's disease , neuroscience , endocrinology , pathology , psychology , biology , biochemistry , gene , nuclear receptor , transcription factor
Crameret al . (Reports, 23 March 2012, p. 1503; published online 9 February 2012) demonstrated in a mouse model for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that treatment of APP/PS1ΔE9 mice with bexarotene decreased Aβ pathology and ameliorated memory deficits. We confirm the reversal of memory deficits in APP/PS1ΔE9 mice expressing human APOE3 or APOE4 to the levels of their nontransgenic controls and the significant decrease of interstitial fluid Aβ, but not the effects on amyloid deposition.
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