| Literature DB >> 17198748 |
Sachiko Ito1, Kenya Kimura, Masataka Haneda, Yoshiyuki Ishida, Makoto Sawada, Ken-ichi Isobe.
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the presence of senile plaques in the brain composed primarily of amyloid-beta peptide. Microglia have been reported to surround these Abeta plaques, which have opposite roles, provoking a microglia-mediated inflammatory response that contributes to neuronal cell loss or the removal of Abeta and damaged neurons. We herein analyzed the process of expression of Matrix metalloproteinases induced by Abeta stimulation. We found that Abeta1-42 induces a high level of MMP3, MMP12 and MMP13 in the microglia. The signal transduction pathway for the expression of these MMPs mRNA induced by Abeta1-42 depends on PI3K/Akt.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17198748 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.11.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Gerontol ISSN: 0531-5565 Impact factor: 4.032