γ-Secretase in Alzheimer's disease

JY Hur - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is caused by synaptic and neuronal loss in the brain. One of the
characteristic hallmarks of AD is senile plaques containing amyloid β-peptide (Aβ). Aβ is …

The physiological roles of tau and Aβ: implications for Alzheimer's disease pathology and therapeutics

SA Kent, TL Spires-Jones, CS Durrant - Acta neuropathologica, 2020 - Springer
Tau and amyloid beta (Aβ) are the prime suspects for driving pathology in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and, as such, have become the focus of therapeutic development. Recent …

Amyloid precursor protein processing and Alzheimer's disease

RJ O'brien, PC Wong - Annual review of neuroscience, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia worldwide, is characterized by the
accumulation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) within the brain along with hyperphosphorylated …

β-Amyloid: the key peptide in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

X Sun, WD Chen, YD Wang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The amyloid β peptide (Aβ) is a critical initiator that triggers the progression of Alzheimer's
Disease (AD) via accumulation and aggregation, of which the process may be caused by Aβ …

APP processing and synaptic function

F Kamenetz, T Tomita, H Hsieh, G Seabrook… - Neuron, 2003 - cell.com
A large body of evidence has implicated Aβ peptides and other derivatives of the amyloid
precursor protein (APP) as central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

APP processing in Alzheimer's disease

Y Zhang, R Thompson, H Zhang, H Xu - Molecular brain, 2011 - Springer
An important pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the presence of
extracellular senile plaques in the brain. Senile plaques are composed of aggregations of …

[HTML][HTML] Intraneuronal Aβ42 accumulation in human brain

GK Gouras, J Tsai, J Naslund, B Vincent… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the deposition of senile plaques (SPs) and
neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in vulnerable brain regions. SPs are composed of aggregated …

Tau blocks traffic of organelles, neurofilaments, and APP vesicles in neurons and enhances oxidative stress

K Stamer, R Vogel, E Thies, E Mandelkow… - The Journal of cell …, 2002 - rupress.org
We studied the effect of microtubule-associated tau protein on trafficking of vesicles and
organelles in primary cortical neurons, retinal ganglion cells, and neuroblastoma cells. Tau …

Synapse formation and function is modulated by the amyloid precursor protein

C Priller, T Bauer, G Mitteregger, B Krebs… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is critical in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.
The question of its normal biological function in neurons, in which it is predominantly located …

Mitochondrial Aβ: a potential focal point for neuronal metabolic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

C Caspersen, N Wang, J Yao, A Sosunov… - The FASEB …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Although amyloid‐β peptide (Aβ) is the neurotoxic species implicated in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), mechanisms through which intracellular Aβ impairs cellular …