Elevated glucose and oligomeric β-amyloid disrupt synapses via a common pathway of aberrant protein S-nitrosylation

Autor: Mohd Waseem Akhtar, Sara Sanz-Blasco, Nima Dolatabadi, James Parker, Kevin Chon, Michelle S. Lee, Walid Soussou, Scott R. McKercher, Rajesh Ambasudhan, Tomohiro Nakamura, Stuart A. Lipton
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10242
Popis: Alzheimer's disease is linked to metabolic syndrome and Type-2 diabetes, but the mechanism behind this association is unclear. Here, the authors show that elevated glucose and amyloid ß work together to increase nitrosative stress, leading to aberrant mitochondrial activity and synaptic dysfunction.
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