| Literature DB >> 24604632 |
Ning Tian1, Zeyuan Cao, Yan Zhang.
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MicroRNA alterations have been reported in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD mouse models. We now report that miR-206 is upregulated in the hippocampal tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and plasma of embryonic APP/PS1 transgenic mice. The increased miR-206 downregulates the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF is neuroprotective against cell death after various insults, but in embryonic and newborn APP/PS1 mice it is decreased. Thus, a specific microRNA alteration may contribute to AD pathology by downregulating BDNF.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24604632 PMCID: PMC5562663 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1419-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Bull ISSN: 1995-8218 Impact factor: 5.203