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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Acyl peptide hydrolase degrades monomeric and oligomeric amyloid-beta peptide
Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2009 Background The abnormal accumulation of amyloid-beta peptide is believed to cause malfunctioning of neurons in the Alzheimer's disease brain. Amyloid-beta exists in different assembly forms in the aging mammalian brain including monomers, oligomers, and ...
O'Connor Peter B +4 more
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Pro-domain removal in ASP-2 and the cleavage of the amyloid precursor are influenced by pH. [PDF]
, 2002 BACKGROUND: One of the signatures of Alzheimer's disease is the accumulation of aggregated amyloid protein, Abeta, in the brain. Abeta arises from cleavage of the Amyloid Precursor protein by beta and gamma secretases, which present attractive candidates
Brian Austen +5 more
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Consequences of the interaction of amyloid beta with amyloid binding alcohol dehydrogenase and the receptor for advanced glycation end products [PDF]
, 2008 Amyloid beta (Aβ) has been postulated to be the principle initiator of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Therefore, understanding the underlying mechanisms of Aβ induced neurotoxicity in the early stages of AD would be essential for finding ...
Ren, Yimin
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Amyloid oligomer conformation in a group of natively folded proteins. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Recent in vitro and in vivo studies suggest that destabilized proteins with defective folding induce aggregation and toxicity in protein-misfolding diseases.
Yuji Yoshiike +5 more
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β-Amyloid Monomers Are Neuroprotective [PDF]
The Journal of Neuroscience, 2009 The 42-aa-long β-amyloid protein—Aβ 1-42 —is thought to play a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Walsh and Selkoe, 2007). Data from AD brain (Shankar et al., 2008), transgenic APP (amyloid precursor protein)-overexpressing mice (Lesné et al., 2006), and neuronal ...
ML Giuffrida +13 more
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DHA supplemented in peptamen diet offers no advantage in pathways to amyloidosis: is it time to evaluate composite lipid diet? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Numerous reports have documented the beneficial effects of dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on beta-amyloid production and Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Zareen Amtul +5 more
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Malang Neurology Journal, 2017 Background. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurologic disease of the brain that triggers irreversible neuronal cell loss, which can interfere with social and occupational functioning.
M. Rasjad Indra +2 more
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2020 Despite the extensive use of hormonal methods as either contraception or menopausal hormone therapy (HT), there is very little known about the potential effects of these compounds on the cellular processes of the brain.
Keyana N. Porter +6 more
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Plasma pyroglutamate‐modified amyloid beta differentiates amyloid pathology
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2020 Introduction Pyroglutamate‐modified amyloid β (AβpE3) could be a biomarker for Aβ plaque pathology in the brain. An ultra‐high‐sensitive assay is needed for detecting AβpE3‐40.
Pei‐Ning Wang +6 more
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