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Estrogen receptor alpha and colocalization of Bcl-2 in hippocampus of Alzheimer's disease / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae ; (6): 108-111, 2004.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-231978
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the possible mechanism by which estrogen regulates apoptosis through the estrogen receptor.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>By means of fluorescence immunocytochemistry, the present study investigated the distribution of Bcl-2 and the colocolization of Bcl-2 and ERalpha immunoreactivity in the hippocampus of 10 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and 10 aged controls.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Bcl-2 immunoreactivity was widely distributed in neurons, concentrating predominantly on the subfields CA3 and CA4 in the stratum pyramidale of hippocampus both in controls and in AD patients. Bcl-2 staining in the labeled neuron was observed mainly in the cytoplasm and neuritic processes, but a few nuclei were also positive. Bcl-2 labeling was also detected in the astrocytes mainly in AD, but sparsely in controls. Double-labeled fluorescence immunocytochemistry showed that most Bcl-2-immunolabeled neurons also exhibited positive staining for ERalpha.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Estrogen may function as a regulator of apoptosis to modulate the expression of Bcl-2 in neurons and astrocytes in hippocampus of AD through ERalpha.</p>
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Pathology / Physiology / Receptors, Estrogen / Astrocytes / Apoptosis / Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Estrogen Receptor alpha / Alzheimer Disease / Genetics / Hippocampus Limits: Female / Humans Language: Chinese Journal: Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae Year: 2004 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Pathology / Physiology / Receptors, Estrogen / Astrocytes / Apoptosis / Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Estrogen Receptor alpha / Alzheimer Disease / Genetics / Hippocampus Limits: Female / Humans Language: Chinese Journal: Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae Year: 2004 Type: Article