School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, P. R. China Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, CAS-HK Joint Lab of Biomaterials, CAS Key ...
While all three genotypes of mice performed similarly to wild-type animals on multiple behavioral and spatial memory tests, they faltered in tests of working memory. APP-KI had a subtle deficit, which ...
The biotech is focusing on precision, small-molecule medicines that work via a process known as cellular clearance by activating the lysosome, sometimes referred to as the cell’s recycling and ...
Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease by latching on to them, forming a sort of external stomach and releasing ...
But why do certain variants of this lipid transporter protect the brain, while others endanger it? A suite of experiments published in the November 7 Cell suggests that the answer lies in lysosomes.
Increasing lipid uptake and/or disrupting lipid metabolism promotes the accumulation of sphingomyelins and cholesterol esters and drives the formation of detergent-insoluble protein aggregates at the ...