| Literature DB >> 2441560 |
D W Dickson, H Ksiezak-Reding, P Davies, S H Yen.
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A monoclonal antibody, raised against extracts from Alzheimer brain, that recognizes a phosphorylated epitope in high molecular weight neurofilament proteins and tau proteins also immunostains Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangles, neurites in senile plaques and granulovacuolar degeneration. This result suggest that granulovacuolar degeneration may contain phosphorylated proteins, possibly due to autophagy of phosphorylated perikaryal proteins that appear to be increased in Alzheimer's disease.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2441560 DOI: 10.1007/bf00686619
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Neuropathol ISSN: 0001-6322 Impact factor: 17.088