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Roles of amyloid beta-peptide-associated oxidative stress and brain protein modifications in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.

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Abstract
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Oxidative stress has been implicated to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders, cancer, and ischemia, just to name a few. Alzheimer disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder that is recognized as the most common form of dementia. AD is histopathologically characterized by the presence of extracellular amyloid plaques, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, the presence of oligomers of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta), and synapse loss. In this review we discuss the role of Abeta in the pathogenesis of AD and also the use of redox proteomics to identify oxidatively modified brain proteins in AD and mild cognitive impairment. In addition, redox proteomics studies in in vivo models of AD centered around human Abeta(1-42) are discussed.

Year of Publication
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2007
Journal
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Free radical biology & medicine
Volume
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43
Issue
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5
Number of Pages
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658-77
Date Published
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2007
ISSN Number
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0891-5849
URL
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0891-5849(07)00392-9
DOI
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10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.05.037
Short Title
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Free Radic Biol Med
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