Cellular prion protein as a receptor for amyloid-β oligomers in Alzheimer's disease
Salazar SV, Strittmatter SM. Cellular prion protein as a receptor for amyloid-β oligomers in Alzheimer's disease. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2016, 483: 1143-1147. PMID: 27639648, PMCID: PMC5303667, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.09.062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular prion proteinPrion proteinSignal transduction downstreamDisease pathophysiologyNeuronal surfaceMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Neuronal cell surface moleculesGlutamate receptor 5Disease-associated stateAlzheimer's disease pathophysiologyAltered signal transductionTransduction downstreamSignal transductionGenetic evidenceSpecificity of bindingPyk2 kinaseCell surface moleculesFyn kinaseSynaptic dysfunctionAβO toxicitySynaptic transmissionMouse modelIntervention sitesReceptor 5Alzheimer's disease