| Literature DB >> 32792144 |
April L Darling1, James Shorter2.
Abstract
Amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation in the brain is a cardinal event in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the structural basis of Aβ-elicited neurotoxicity is unknown. In a recent paper, Ciudad et al. elucidate the first atomic structures of Aβ oligomers, which reveal how they form lipid-stabilized pores that might disrupt neuronal membranes and ion homeostasis.Entities:
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; amyloid-β; pore-forming oligomer
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32792144 PMCID: PMC7935414 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2020.07.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Neurosci ISSN: 0166-2236 Impact factor: 13.837