摘要:
The invention provides transgenic mice comprising tau transgenes, and methods of preparing and using the transgenic mice. For example, the invention provides a transgenic mouse, the genome of the cells of which stably comprise a DNA molecule which comprises a human genomic DNA sequence comprising a human tau promoter and which DNA sequence encodes human tau.
摘要:
The present invention describes a method of administering an Aβ-binding agent or drug which has affinity for amyloid beta (Aβ) in the periphery (blood) and reducing Aβ levels in the brain without the need for the agent or drug to enter the brain itself. The Aβ-binding agents utilized in the methods of the invention are preferably non-immunomodulating agents (e.g., antigenic peptides or antibodies) and bind to Aβ in the periphery, or blood. Such compounds do not significantly cross the blood/brain barrier, and yet they lower amyloid (Aβ) levels in the brain, thereby serving as safer, therapeutic and prophylactic treatments against diseases associated with Aβ in the brain, e.g., Alzheimer's Disease and amyloid angiopathy, as well as against other AD-related amyloidoses.
摘要:
The invention provides transgenic mice comprising tau transgenes, and methods of preparing and using the transgenic mice. For example, the invention provides a transgenic mouse, the genome of the cells of which stably comprise a DNA molecule which comprises a human genomic DNA sequence comprising a human tau promoter and which DNA sequence encodes human tau.
摘要:
A method of preparing a transgenic animal model with enhanced, accelerated pathology for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and the transgenic animal made by the method is disclosed. The method includes producing an F.sub.1 generation by crossing a first and second transgenic parent each carrying a different expressible transgene for differing aspects of the same desired phenotype associated with AD pathology. The offspring of the F.sub.1 generation are then screened and those which carry a transgene from each parental transgenic animal resulting in an enhanced pathology for Alzheimer's Disease are selected. In a preferred embodiment the AD-associated pathology is for amyloid accumulation. In an embodiment a mutant presenilin transgene and a transgene for a mutant amyloid precursor protein are used. In a further embodiment the mutant presenilin transgene is the PS1 M146L mutation and the mutant amyloid precursor protein transgene is the Swedish mutation (APP695 isoform containing a K670N,M671L mutation (APP770 numbering)).