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The role and therapeutic targeting of α-, β- and γ-secretase in Alzheimer's disease [PDF]

, 2015
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly and its prevalence is set to increase rapidly in coming decades. However, there are as yet no available drugs that can halt or even stabilize disease progression. One of the main
Baillie, George S., Cameron, Ryan T., Hillert, Ellin-Kristina, MacLeod, Ruth   +3 more
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Ectodomain shedding of the amyloid precursor protein: Cellular control mechanisms and novel modifiers [PDF]

, 2006
Proteolytic cleavage in the ectodomain of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a key regulatory step in the generation of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid-beta (A beta) pepticle and occurs through two different protease activities termed alpha- and beta-
Lichtenthaler, Stefan F.
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Destruxin E Decreases Beta-Amyloid Generation by Reducing Colocalization of Beta-Amyloid-Cleaving Enzyme 1 and Beta-Amyloid Protein Precursor [PDF]

, 2009
Alzheimer-disease-associated beta-amyloid (A beta) is produced by sequential endoproteolysis of beta-amyloid protein precursor (beta APP): the extracellular portion is shed by cleavage in the juxtamembrane region by beta-amyloid-cleaving enzyme (BACE ...
Dohi, Keiji, Fukumori, Akio, Haass, Christian, Hasegawa, Hiroshi, Hosono, Motoko, Itoh, Naohiro, Jiang, Jingwei, Kato, Akira, Katoh, Takaaki, Kikuchi, Jyunko, Kudo, Takashi, Minagawa, Kazuyuki, Mori, Kohji, Morihara, Takashi, Nakano, Yuko, Nakayama, Taisuke, Nishigaki, Atsuko, Nishimura, Masaki, Nishitomi, Kouhei, Okochi, Masayasu, Sakaguchi, Gaku, Tagami, Shinji, Takeda, Masatoshi, Takemoto, Hiroshi, Takinami, Yoshihiko, Tanaka, Toshihisa, Willem, Michael, Yanagida, Kanta   +27 more
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A reporter for amyloid precursor protein  -secretase activity in Drosophila [PDF]

Human Molecular Genetics, 2003
A key event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the deposition of senile plaques consisting largely of a peptide known as beta-amyloid (Abeta) that is derived from the amyloid precursor protein (APP). A proteolytic activity called gamma-secretase cleaves APP in the transmembrane domain and is required for Abeta generation. Aberrant gamma-
Guo, Ming, Hong, Elizabeth J., Fernandes, Jolene, Zipursky, S. Larry, Hay, Bruce A.   +4 more
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Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Ectodomain Shedding of the Amyloid Precursor Protein [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Epidemiological studies have suggested that long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with a reduced incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Czirr, Eva, Esselmann, Hermann, Leuchtenberger, Stefanie, Lichtenthaler, Stefan F., Maler, Juan, Ness, Julia, Pietrzik, Claus U., Weggen, Sascha, Wiltfang, Jens   +8 more
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The role of the Amyloid Precursor Protein mutations and PERK-dependent signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]

, 2016
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a highly complex, progressive, age-related neurodegenerative human disease entity. The genetic basis of AD is strictly connected with occurrence of mutations in Amyloid Precursor (APP) gene on chromosome 21.
Diehl, J. Alan, Lewko, Dawid, Majsterek, Ireneusz, Nowak, Alicja, Pytel, Dariusz, Rozpędek, Wioletta   +5 more
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Inhibition of delta-secretase improves cognitive functions in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease

Nature Communications, 2017
Delta-secretases are associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as they cleave both amyloid precursor protein and tau. Here the authors develop a series of orally bioactive small molecule delta-secretase inhibitors and report its therapeutic effects in ...
Zhentao Zhang, Obiamaka Obianyo, Elfriede Dall, Yuhong Du, Haian Fu, Xia Liu, Seong Su Kang, Mingke Song, Shan-Ping Yu, Chiara Cabrele, Mario Schubert, Xiaoguang Li, Jian-Zhi Wang, Hans Brandstetter, Keqiang Ye   +14 more
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Increased amyloidogenic processing of transgenic human APP in X11-like deficient mouse brain [PDF]

, 2010
Background: X11-family proteins, including X11, X11-like (X11L) and X11-like 2 (X11L2), bind to the cytoplasmic domain of amyloid beta-protein precursor (APP) and regulate APP metabolism. Both X11 and X11L are expressed specifically in brain, while X11L2
Maho Kondo, Maki Shiono, Genzo Itoh, Norio Takei, Takahide Matsushima, Masahiro Maeda, Hidenori Taru, Saori Hata, Tohru Yamamoto, Yuhki Saito, Toshiharu Suzuki   +10 more
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Consequences of Inhibiting Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing Enzymes on Synaptic Function and Plasticity

Neural Plasticity, 2012
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease, one of whose major pathological hallmarks is the accumulation of amyloid plaques comprised of aggregated β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides. It is now recognized that soluble Aβ oligomers may lead to synaptic
Hui Wang, Andrea Megill, Kaiwen He, Alfredo Kirkwood, Hey-Kyoung Lee   +4 more
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Alzheimer’s Disease as a Membrane Disorder: Spatial Cross-Talk Among Beta-Amyloid Peptides, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Lipid Rafts [PDF]

, 2019
Biological membranes show lateral and transverse asymmetric lipid distribution. Cholesterol (Chol) localizes in both hemilayers, but in the external one it is mostly condensed in lipid-ordered microdomains (raft domains), together with saturated ...
Antollini, Silvia Susana, Fabiani, Camila   +1 more
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