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Microrna (Mirna) Complexity In Alzheimer’S Disease (Ad), Walter J. Lukiw
Microrna (Mirna) Complexity In Alzheimer’S Disease (Ad), Walter J. Lukiw
School of Medicine Faculty Publications
AD is a complex, progressive, age-related neurodegenerative disorder representing the most common cause of senile dementia and neurological dysfunction in our elderly domestic population. The widely observed heterogeneity of AD is a reflection of the complexity of the AD process itself and the altered molecular-genetic mechanisms operating in the diseased human brain and CNS. One of the key players in this complex regulation of gene expression in human pathological neurobiology are microRNAs (miRNAs) that, through their actions, shape the transcriptome of brain cells that normally associate with very high rates of genetic activity, gene transcription and messenger RNA (mRNA) generation. …