2019
Anti‐PrPC antibody rescues cognition and synapses in transgenic alzheimer mice
Cox TO, Gunther EC, Brody AH, Chiasseu MT, Stoner A, Smith LM, Haas LT, Hammersley J, Rees G, Dosanjh B, Groves M, Gardener M, Dobson C, Vaughan T, Chessell I, Billinton A, Strittmatter SM. Anti‐PrPC antibody rescues cognition and synapses in transgenic alzheimer mice. Annals Of Clinical And Translational Neurology 2019, 6: 554-574. PMID: 30911579, PMCID: PMC6414488, DOI: 10.1002/acn3.730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAPP/PS1 transgenic micePS1 transgenic miceBrain antibodiesTransgenic miceDisease pathophysiologyDisease pathologyTransgenic Alzheimer's miceAlzheimer's disease pathologyAlzheimer's disease pathophysiologyHuman monoclonal antibodyPreclinical therapeutic efficacyHigh-affinity receptorAmyloid-beta oligomersLast doseTransgenic brainsPlaque pathologyAlzheimer's micePreclinical dataSynaptic damageAnti-PrPc antibodiesSynaptic densityIntraperitoneal dosingBrain biochemistryCentral synapsesTherapeutic efficacy
2015
Fyn inhibition rescues established memory and synapse loss in Alzheimer mice
Kaufman AC, Salazar SV, Haas LT, Yang J, Kostylev MA, Jeng AT, Robinson SA, Gunther EC, van Dyck CH, Nygaard HB, Strittmatter SM. Fyn inhibition rescues established memory and synapse loss in Alzheimer mice. Annals Of Neurology 2015, 77: 953-971. PMID: 25707991, PMCID: PMC4447598, DOI: 10.1002/ana.24394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseTransgenic miceGlu receptorsAPP/PS1 transgenic miceAPP/PS1 miceMemory deficitsEffective disease-modifying agentsAD mouse modelPS1 transgenic miceAD transgenic miceDisease-modifying agentsTau transgenic miceWeeks of treatmentPrecursor protein metabolismSpatial memory deficitsNovel object recognitionMorris water mazeBrain slice assaysAZD0530 treatmentMicroglial activationPS1 miceVehicle treatmentSynapse lossAlzheimer's miceAD pathology
2010
Memory Impairment in Transgenic Alzheimer Mice Requires Cellular Prion Protein
Gimbel DA, Nygaard HB, Coffey EE, Gunther EC, Laurén J, Gimbel ZA, Strittmatter SM. Memory Impairment in Transgenic Alzheimer Mice Requires Cellular Prion Protein. Journal Of Neuroscience 2010, 30: 6367-6374. PMID: 20445063, PMCID: PMC3323924, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0395-10.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransgenic miceAlzheimer's diseaseCellular prion proteinSpatial learningAD transgenic miceTransgenic AD modelTransgenic Alzheimer's micePrnp-/- miceAD-related phenotypesAmyloid-beta peptideAbeta accumulationAbeta plaquesAbeta levelsAD micePrion proteinAlzheimer's miceAxonal degenerationAPP expressionSynaptic markersHippocampal slicesDetectable impairmentEarly deathAD modelBehavioral impairmentsMemory impairment