Functions of the APP gene family in the nervous system: insights from mouse models

D Aydin, SW Weyer, UC Müller - Experimental brain research, 2012 - Springer
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's
disease (AD), as proteolytical cleavage of APP gives rise to the β-amyloid peptide which is …

Not just amyloid: physiological functions of the amyloid precursor protein family

UC Müller, T Deller, M Korte - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) gives rise to the amyloid-β peptide and thus has a key role
in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. By contrast, the physiological functions of APP …

Genetic Dissection of the Amyloid Precursor Protein in Developmental Function and Amyloid Pathogenesis*♦

H Li, Z Wang, B Wang, Q Guo, G Dolios… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) generates large soluble APP
derivatives, β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides, and APP intracellular domain. Expression of the …

Deletion of the amyloid precursor-like protein 2 (APLP2) does not affect hippocampal neuron morphology or function

B Midthune, SH Tyan, JJ Walsh, F Sarsoza… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Amyloid precursor protein (APP), the parent molecule to amyloid β peptide, is part of a
larger gene family with two mammalian homologues, amyloid precursor-like protein 1 …

The role of APP and APLP for synaptic transmission, plasticity, and network function: lessons from genetic mouse models

M Korte, U Herrmann, X Zhang, A Draguhn - Experimental brain research, 2012 - Springer
Abstract APP, APLP1, and APLP2 form a family of mammalian membrane proteins with
unknown function. APP, however, plays a key role in the molecular pathology of Alzheimer's …

Mice with combined gene knock-outs reveal essential and partially redundant functions of amyloid precursor protein family members

S Heber, J Herms, V Gajic, J Hainfellner… - Journal of …, 2000 - Soc Neuroscience
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) involved in Alzheimer's disease is a member of a larger
gene family including amyloid precursor-like proteins APLP1 and APLP2. We generated and …

The amyloid precursor protein: beyond amyloid

H Zheng, EH Koo - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2006 - Springer
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) takes a central position in Alzheimer's disease (AD)
pathogenesis: APP processing generates the β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides, which are deposited …

Novel insights into the physiological function of the APP (gene) family and its proteolytic fragments in synaptic plasticity

S Ludewig, M Korte - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is well known to be involved in the pathophysiology of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) via its cleavage product amyloid ß (Aß). However, the …

Acute function of secreted amyloid precursor protein fragment APPsα in synaptic plasticity

M Hick, U Herrmann, SW Weyer, JP Mallm… - Acta …, 2015 - Springer
The key role of APP in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease is well established. However,
postnatal lethality of double knockout mice has so far precluded the analysis of the …

Amyloid precursor protein and its homologues: a family of proteolysis-dependent receptors

KT Jacobsen, K Iverfeldt - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2009 - Springer
The Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein (APP) belongs to a conserved gene family that
also includes the mammalian APLP1 and APLP2, the Drosophila APPL, and the C. elegans …