In the Golgi (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

In the Golgi

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Within cells displaying features of Alzheimer's, the researchers found high concentrations of WAVE1 and the amyloid-β precursor protein within the Golgi, an organelle in which proteins are packaged for shipping. These appear in the cell above as bright, yellow clusters.

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Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University/<em>Nature Medicine</em>

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