Animal Model With Rapid Onset Of Alzheimer's Amyloid Beta Plaque Pathology

Abstract

Provided herein are compositions comprising a nucleic acid encoding amyloid-beta precursor protein and/or a nucleic acid encoding presenilin-1, cells comprising the compositions, animals comprising the compositions, methods of making the cells and animals, methods of modeling Alzheimer's disease, methods of assessing a therapeutic candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease or amelioration of a symptom or phenotype of Alzheimer's disease, and methods of assessing a therapeutic candidate for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease or prevention of a symptom or phenotype of Alzheimer's disease.

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