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RESEARCHER INFORMATION
First Name:Steven
Last Name:Estus
Title:Assoc. Prof.
Advanced Degrees:Ph.D.
Affiliation:Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky
Department:Physiology
Street Address 1:800 S. Limestone
Street Address 2:Room 332
City:Lexington
State/Province:KY
Zip/Postal Code:40536-0230
Country/Territory:U.S.A.
Email Address: 
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Clinical Interests:
Polyglutamine Disorders (Huntington's, etc.), Alzheimer Disease, Neuromuscular Disorders (ALS, etc.)
Research Focus:
Molecular and Cell biology, Apoptosis/Cell cycle, Neurobiology, Oxidative Stress, Diagnosis, Signal transduction, Genetics, A-beta PP/A-beta, Animal Models
Work Sector(s):
University
Web Sites:
Professional: www.uky.edu
Top Papers
Tucker HM, Kihiko M, Caldwell JN, Wright S, Kawarabayashi T, Price D, Walker D, Scheff S, McGillis JP, Rydel RE, Estus S.
The plasmin system is induced by and degrades amyloid-beta aggregates.
J Neurosci. 2000 Jun 1;20(11):3937-46.
PMID: 10818128

Tammariello SP, Quinn MT, Estus S.
NADPH oxidase contributes directly to oxidative stress and apoptosis in nerve growth factor-deprived sympathetic neurons.
J Neurosci. 2000 Jan 1;20(1):RC53.
PMID: 10627630

Estus S, Tucker HM, van Rooyen C, Wright S, Brigham EF, Wogulis M, Rydel RE.
Aggregated amyloid-beta protein induces cortical neuronal apoptosis and concomitant "apoptotic" pattern of gene induction.
J Neurosci. 1997 Oct 15;17(20):7736-45.
PMID: 9315895

Estus S, Zaks WJ, Freeman RS, Gruda M, Bravo R, Johnson EM Jr.
Altered gene expression in neurons during programmed cell death: identification of c-jun as necessary for neuronal apoptosis.
J Cell Biol. 1994 Dec;127(6 Pt 1):1717-27.
PMID: 7798322

Golde TE, Estus S, Younkin LH, Selkoe DJ, Younkin SG.
Processing of the amyloid protein precursor to potentially amyloidogenic derivatives.
Science. 1992 Feb 7;255(5045):728-30.
PMID: 1738847

Estus S, Golde TE, Kunishita T, Blades D, Lowery D, Eisen M, Usiak M, Qu XM, Tabira T, Greenberg BD, et al.
Potentially amyloidogenic, carboxyl-terminal derivatives of the amyloid protein precursor.
Science. 1992 Feb 7;255(5045):726-8.
PMID: 1738846



What is the greatest void to date in our knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease?
Events leading to accumulation of amyloid in the AD brain.
What are the top three papers (not yours) you have read recently?
 
nature cell biology
october 2001 volume 3 issue 10 pp 905 - 912
 
Acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase modulates the generation of the amyloid -peptide

Luigi Puglielli1, Genevieve Konopka3, Eunju Pack-Chung1, Laura A. MacKenzie Ingano1, Oksana Berezovska2, Bradley T. Hyman2, Ta Yuan Chang4, Rudolph E. Tanzi1 and Dora M. Kovacs1

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