Classification and basic pathology of Alzheimer disease

C Duyckaerts, B Delatour, MC Potier - Acta neuropathologica, 2009 - Springer
The lesions of Alzheimer disease include accumulation of proteins, losses of neurons and
synapses, and alterations related to reactive processes. Extracellular Aβ accumulation …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemical detection of Aβ isoforms: implications for pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

TE Golde, CB Eckman, SG Younkin - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2000 - Elsevier
Prior to the identification of the various abnormal proteins deposited as fibrillar aggregates in
the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, there was tremendous controversy over the importance …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: A specific amyloid-β protein assembly in the brain impairs memory

S Lesné, MT Koh, L Kotilinek, R Kayed, CG Glabe… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Memory function often declines with age, and is believed to deteriorate initially because of
changes in synaptic function rather than loss of neurons. Some individuals then go on to …

Deficiency of presenilin-1 inhibits the normal cleavage of amyloid precursor protein

B De Strooper, P Saftig, K Craessaerts… - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
Point mutations in the presenilin-1 gene (PS1) are a major cause of familial Alzheimer's
disease. They result in a selective increase in the production of the amyloidogenic peptide …

[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 …

Accelerated amyloid deposition in the brains of transgenic mice coexpressing mutant presenilin 1 and amyloid precursor proteins

DR Borchelt, T Ratovitski, J Van Lare, MK Lee… - Neuron, 1997 - cell.com
Missense mutations in two related genes, termed presenilin 1 (PS1) and presenilin 2 (PS2),
cause dementia in a subset of early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) pedigrees. In a …

Resveratrol promotes clearance of Alzheimer's disease amyloid-β peptides

P Marambaud, H Zhao, P Davies - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005 - ASBMB
Several epidemiological studies indicate that moderate consumption of wine is associated
with a lower incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Wine is enriched in antioxidant compounds …

A disintegrin-metalloproteinase prevents amyloid plaque formation and hippocampal defects in an Alzheimer disease mouse model

R Postina, A Schroeder, I Dewachter… - The Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by excessive deposition of amyloid β-peptides (Aβ
peptides) in the brain. In the nonamyloidogenic pathway, the amyloid precursor protein …

Photoactivated γ-secretase inhibitors directed to the active site covalently label presenilin 1

YM Li, M Xu, MT Lai, Q Huang, JL Castro… - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by the β-and γ-secretases generates the
amino and carboxy termini, respectively, of the Aβ amyloidogenic peptides Aβ40 and Aβ42 …

Early phenotypic changes in transgenic mice that overexpress different mutants of amyloid precursor protein in brain

D Moechars, I Dewachter, K Lorent, D Reversé… - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
Transgenic mice overexpressing different forms of amyloid precursor protein (APP), ie wild
type or clinical mutants, displayed an essentially comparable early phenotype in terms of …