Dr. Lee, Eminy H.Y.
Distinguished Research Fellow
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Specialty:
- Pathogenesis of and Neuroprotection against Alzheimer's Disease
- Molecular Mechanism of Mammalian Long-Term Memory Formation
Education and Positions:
Ph.D. Univ. of California, San Diego
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A novel defense mechanism that is activated on amyloid-beta insult to mediate cell survival: role of SGK1-STAT1/STAT2 signaling.
Dr. Lee, Eminy H.Y.
Cell Death Differ., Jul 17, 2009Amyloid-beta (Abeta) is known to induce apoptotic cell death and its underlying mechanism has been studied extensively, but the endogenous protection mechanism that results from Abeta insult is less known. In this study, we have found that Abeta(1-42) produced a dose-dependent decrease in cell viability and dose-dependent increase in apoptotic cell death in PC12 cells. Meanwhile, Abeta(1-42) (0.1 muM) increased the phosphorylation of serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase1 (SGK1) at Ser-78 specifically.