Pathological Role of Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase Pin1 in the Disruption of Synaptic Plasticity in Alzheimer’s Disease

Synaptic loss is the structural basis for memory impairment in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). While the underlying pathological mechanism remains elusive, it is known that misfolded proteins accumulate as β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and hyperphosphorylated Tau tangles decades before the onset of clinical dise...

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Published in:Neural Plasticity
Main Authors: Lingyan Xu, Zhiyun Ren, Frances E. Chow, Richard Tsai, Tongzheng Liu, Flavio Rizzolio, Silvia Boffo, Yungen Xu, Shaohui Huang, Carol F. Lippa, Yuesong Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3270725