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Título: APP transgenic mice and their application to drug discovery
Fecha de publicación: 2011
Editorial: F. Hernández y J.F. Madrid. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología.
ISSN: 1699-5848
0213-3911
Palabras clave: Alzheimer’s disease
Neurodegenerative pathology
Resumen: The development of transgenic mice expressing mutated forms of the human amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin-1 (PS1), proteins associated with familial forms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has provided a backbone for translational studies of potential novel drug therapies. Such mice model some aspects of AD pathology in that they develop senile plaque-like deposits of the amyloid beta-protein (Aß) together with inflammatory pathology and some degree of neurodegeneration. Aß deposition is considered to be a potentially pathogenic feature of AD and drug discovery programmes utilising such mice and associated with drugs now reaching the clinic have been largely directed towards decreasing the deposition. This goal has been achieved in the mouse models, although the agents developed have not, to date, shown evidence of efficacy in AD sufferers and, in some cases, have worsened the clinical state. Nevertheless, reducing the pathological features of the disease continues to be the objective of pharmacological intervention and ongoing programmes continue to use transgenic mice expressing mutated APP and PS1 transgenes in attempts to overcome issues and difficulties arising from the initial clinical trials and to explore new approaches to AD treatment.
Autor/es principal/es: Howlett, D.R.
Forma parte de: Histology and histopathology, Vol. 26, nº12 (2011)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10201/49543
Tipo de documento: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Número páginas / Extensión: 22
Derechos: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Aparece en las colecciones:Vol.26,nº12 (2011)

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