| Literature DB >> 12391360 |
K Fassbender1, M Stroick, T Bertsch, A Ragoschke, S Kuehl, S Walter, J Walter, K Brechtel, F Muehlhauser, K Von Bergmann, D Lütjohann.
Abstract
Cerebral cholesterol metabolism has been linked with production of amyloid peptide (Abeta) crucial in AD. The association between use of cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins) and AD disease is currently being intensely discussed. In this case-control study on elderly nondemented subjects, the authors provide the first evidence that statins in clinically relevant dosages indeed affect cerebral cholesterol metabolism. However, these changes were not associated with altered intrathecal secretion of Alzheimer Abeta.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12391360 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.59.8.1257
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910