Genetic reduction of striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) reverses cognitive and cellular deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model
Zhang Y, Kurup P, Xu J, Carty N, Fernandez SM, Nygaard HB, Pittenger C, Greengard P, Strittmatter SM, Nairn AC, Lombroso PJ. Genetic reduction of striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) reverses cognitive and cellular deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 19014-19019. PMID: 20956308, PMCID: PMC2973892, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013543107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStriatal-enriched tyrosine phosphataseTyrosine phosphataseDisease mouse modelStriatal-enriched phosphataseAlzheimer's diseaseCellular deficitsGenetic manipulationNMDA receptorsMouse modelTriple transgenic AD mouse modelIncurable neurodegenerative disorderTransgenic AD mouse modelAlzheimer's disease mouse modelPathophysiology of ADSTEP inhibitorGenetic reductionAD mouse modelHuman AD patientsSoluble Aβ oligomersSynaptic functionPhosphataseNeurodegenerative disordersAD patientsDevastating disorderAnimal models