Agrin and microvascular damage in Alzheimer's disease

TM Berzin, BD Zipser, MS Rafii, V Kuo—Leblanc… - Neurobiology of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are ubiquitously present within the perivascular
basement membrane, and have been shown to be altered in patients with Alzheimer's …

Agrin in Alzheimer's disease: altered solubility and abnormal distribution within microvasculature and brain parenchyma

JE Donahue, TM Berzin, MS Rafii… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Agrin is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan that is widely expressed in neurons and
microvascular basal lamina in the rodent and avian central nervous system. Agrin induces …

Agrin binds to β-amyloid (Aβ), accelerates Aβ fibril formation, and is localized to Aβ deposits in Alzheimer's disease brain

SL Cotman, W Halfter, GJ Cole - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 2000 - Elsevier
Agrin is an extracellular matrix heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) well known for its role
in modulation of the neuromuscular junction during development. Although agrin is one of …

Changes in Brain β-Amyloid Deposition and Aquaporin 4 Levels in Response to Altered Agrin Expression in Mice

SM Rauch, K Huen, MC Miller… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Conditions that compromise the blood-brain barrier (BBB) have been increasingly
implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD). AGRIN is a heparan sulfate …

Agrin is a major heparan sulfate proteoglycan accumulating in Alzheimer's disease brain

MM Verbeek, I Otte-Höller, J Van Den Born… - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) have been suggested to play an important role in
the formation and persistence of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in dementia of …

Heparan sulfate proteoglycan expression in cerebrovascular amyloid β deposits in Alzheimer's disease and hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (Dutch) …

J Horssen, I Otte-Höller, G David… - Acta …, 2001 - Springer
Cerebrovascular deposition of amyloid β protein (Aβ) is a characteristic lesion of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis of the Dutch type …

Agrin is a major heparan sulfate proteoglycan in the human glomerular basement membrane

AJ Groffen, MA Ruegg, H Dijkman… - … of Histochemistry & …, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
Agrin is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) that is highly concentrated in the synaptic
basal lamina at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Agrin-like immunoreactiv-ity is also …

Agrin Is a Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan (∗)

G Tsen, W Halfter, S Kröger, GJ Cole - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1995 - ASBMB
In the present study we have identified the extracellular matrix protein agrin as a major
heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) in embryonic chick brain. Using monoclonal …

Agrin in the developing CNS: new roles for a synapse organizer

S Kroger, JE Schroder - Physiology, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
The heparan sulfate proteoglycan agrin is responsible for the formation, maintenance, and
regeneration of the neuromuscular junction. In the central nervous system, agrin is widely …

Activity dependent removal of agrin from synaptic basal lamina by matrix metalloproteinase 3

MJ Werle, M VanSaun - Journal of neurocytology, 2003 - Springer
Agrin is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan, which plays an essential role in the development
and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction. Agrin is a stable component of the synaptic …