Preliminary studies on Alzheimer's disease using cDNA microarrays

Mech Ageing Dev. 2003 Jan;124(1):115-24. doi: 10.1016/s0047-6374(02)00188-4.

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a progressive impairment of memory and intellectual functioning. The disease is a complex multi-factorial disease with the involvement of several possible genes. To study AD, a high-density cDNA array was developed to characterize the mRNA expression profile of 14160 genes. The preliminary results support the amyloid cascade hypothesis as the mechanism of the disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohol Oxidoreductases
  • Alzheimer Disease / etiology
  • Alzheimer Disease / genetics*
  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism
  • Amyloid / genetics
  • Amyloid / metabolism
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Case-Control Studies
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Down-Regulation
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
  • Humans
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Phosphoproteins / genetics
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta / genetics
  • Up-Regulation

Substances

  • Amyloid
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • Alcohol Oxidoreductases
  • C-terminal binding protein