Testing the Amyloid Hypothesis with a Humanized AD Mouse Model

Michelle K. Cahill, Eric J. Huang

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Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Espuny-Camacho et al. (2017) generate a humanized Alzheimer's disease (AD) model that reveals species-specific vulnerability of human neurons to AD pathology. This model provides key insights for disease mechanism and therapeutic discovery for AD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)987-989
Number of pages3
JournalNeuron
Volume93
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 8 2017

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • amyloid plaque
  • induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)
  • mouse model
  • neurofibrillary tangle
  • transplantation

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