Kseniya B. Varshavskaya

Amyloid β peptides alter redox status and oxygen transport function of red blood cells

Abstract Patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) exhibit reduced cerebral venous oxygen saturation, that progresses with disease severity and correlates with cognitive decline. The underlying causes of this hypoxia, however, remain unclear. The accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ 42...