Exosomes as Carriers of Alzheimer's Amyloid-ß

The intracerebral level of the aggregation-prone peptide, amyloid-ß (Aß), is constantly maintained by multiple clearance mechanisms, including several degradation enzymes, and brain efflux. Disruption of the clearance machinery and the resultant Aß accumulation gives rise to neurotoxic assemblies, l...

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Main Authors: Kohei Yuyama, Yasuyuki Igarashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2017.00229/full