Downregulation of StAR driven neurosteroid biosynthesis as a distinctive feature in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients

Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2023 Aug;1869(6):166757. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166757. Epub 2023 May 19.
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Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid beta; Mitochondria; Neurosteroidogenesis; Phosphorylated tau; Postmortem brain; StAR.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease* / genetics
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Down-Regulation
  • Humans
  • Neurosteroids*
  • tau Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Neurosteroids
  • tau Proteins
  • steroidogenic acute regulatory protein