CD36, a Class B Scavenger Receptor, Is Expressed on Microglia in Alzheimer's Disease Brains and Can Mediate Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Response to β-Amyloid Fibrils

Beta-amyloid neurotoxicity requires fibril formation and is inhibited by congo red.

Alfredo Lorenzo, Bruce A. Yankner · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 1.3K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Activation of microglial cells by β-amyloid protein and interferon-γ

Lucia Meda, Marco A. Cassatella, Györgyi I. Szendrei et al. · Nature · 1995 · 1.3K citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience +14

CD36 is a receptor for oxidized low density lipoprotein

Gerda Endemann, Lawrence W. Stanton, Kelley S. Madden et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1993 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +17

A role for macrophage scavenger receptors in atherosclerosis and susceptibility to infection

Hiroshi Suzuki, Yukiko Kurihara, Motohiro Takeya et al. · Nature · 1997 · 1.2K citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +12

Targeted disruption of the class B scavenger receptor CD36 protects against atherosclerotic lesion development in mice

Maria Febbraio, Eugene A. Podrez, Jonathan D. Smith et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2000 · 1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Immunology +15