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Erica Peethumnongsin

Cell and Molecular Biology

Undergraduate Institution: Baylor University

Year: Advanced Graduate Student

Mentor: Hui Zheng, Ph.D.

Thesis Title: The Role of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Tau Protein Modulation

Publications: Kallhoff V , Peethumnongsin E , Zheng H. Lack of a-synuclein increases amyloid plaque accumulation in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration 2007; 2(6) .

Deng Y, Tarassishin L, Kallhoff V, Peethumnongsin E , Wu L, Li Y-M, Zheng H: Deletion of presenilin 1 hydrophilic loop sequence leads to impaired Lambda-secretase activity and exacerbated amyloid pathology. Journal of Neuroscience 2006; 26:3845-3854.