Nanoscale synchrotron X-ray speciation of iron and calcium compounds in amyloid plaque cores from Alzheimer’s disease subjects
(2018)
Journal Article
Everett, J., Collingwood, J. F., Tjendana-Tjhin, V., Brooks, J., Lermyte, F., Plascencia-Villa, G., …Telling, N. D. (2018). Nanoscale synchrotron X-ray speciation of iron and calcium compounds in amyloid plaque cores from Alzheimer’s disease subjects. Nanoscale, 10(25), 11782-11796. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr06794a
Altered metabolism of biometals in the brain is a key feature of Alzheimer's disease, and biometal interactions with amyloid-ß are linked to amyloid plaque formation. Iron-rich aggregates, including evidence for the mixed-valence iron oxide magnetite... Read More about Nanoscale synchrotron X-ray speciation of iron and calcium compounds in amyloid plaque cores from Alzheimer’s disease subjects.