Quercetin protects human brain microvascular endothelial cells from fibrillar β-amyloid1-40-induced toxicity

• Main Authors: Yongjie Li (Author), Sibai Zhou (Author), Jinze Li (Author), Yuhua Sun (Author), Hamlati Hasimu (Author), Rui Liu (Author), Tiantai Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Amyloid beta-peptides (Aβ) are known to undergo active transport across the blood-brain barrier, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy has been shown to be a prominent feature in the majority of Alzheimer׳s disease. Quercetin is a natural flavonoid molecule and has been demonstrated to have potent neuropr...