An Anti-β-Amyloid Vaccine for Treating Cognitive Deficits in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome.

In Down syndrome (DS) or trisomy of chromosome 21, the β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide product of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is present in excess. Evidence points to increased APP gene dose and Aβ as playing a critical role in cognitive difficulties experienced by people with DS. Particularly, Aβ is...

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Main Authors: Pavel V Belichenko, Rime Madani, Lorianne Rey-Bellet, Maria Pihlgren, Ann Becker, Adeline Plassard, Stephanie Vuillermot, Valérie Giriens, Rachel L Nosheny, Alexander M Kleschevnikov, Janice S Valletta, Sara K S Bengtsson, Gordon R Linke, Michael T Maloney, David T Hickman, Pedro Reis, Anne Granet, Dorin Mlaki, Maria Pilar Lopez-Deber, Long Do, Nishant Singhal, Eliezer Masliah, Matthew L Pearn, Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, William C Mobley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0152471&type=printable
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