Publikationsdatum:
2016-09-01
Beschreibung:
The antibody aducanumab reduces Aβ plaques in Alzheimer’s disease Nature 537, 7618 (2016). doi:10.1038/nature19323 Authors: Jeff Sevigny, Ping Chiao, Thierry Bussière, Paul H. Weinreb, Leslie Williams, Marcel Maier, Robert Dunstan, Stephen Salloway, Tianle Chen, Yan Ling, John O’Gorman, Fang Qian, Mahin Arastu, Mingwei Li, Sowmya Chollate, Melanie S. Brennan, Omar Quintero-Monzon, Robert H. Scannevin, H. Moore Arnold, Thomas Engber, Kenneth Rhodes, James Ferrero, Yaming Hang, Alvydas Mikulskis, Jan Grimm, Christoph Hock, Roger M. Nitsch & Alfred Sandrock Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, accompanied by synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration. Antibody-based immunotherapy against Aβ to trigger its clearance or mitigate its neurotoxicity has so far been unsuccessful. Here we report the generation
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Digitale ISSN:
1476-4687
Thema:
Biologie
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Chemie und Pharmazie
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Medizin
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Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
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Physik
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