High-fat diet-induced atherosclerosis promotes neurodegeneration in the triple transgenic (3 × Tg) mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease associated with chronic platelet activation

Abstract Background Epidemiological studies link vascular disease risk factors such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Whether there are direct links between these conditions to β-amyloid (Aβ) aggregation and tau pathology is uncertain. Methods To...

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Main Authors: Min Wang, Junyan Lv, Xiaoshan Huang, Thomas Wisniewski, Wei Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-021-00890-9