Physiology and pharmacology of amyloid precursor protein

Y Cho, HG Bae, E Okun, TV Arumugam… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is an evolutionarily conserved transmembrane protein and
a well-characterized precursor protein of amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides, which accumulate in …

Amyloid precursor protein and neural development

M Nicolas, BA Hassan - Development, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
Interest in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) has increased in recent years due to its
involvement in Alzheimer's disease. Since its molecular cloning, significant genetic and …

Using the zebrafish model for Alzheimer's disease research

M Newman, E Ebrahimie, M Lardelli - Frontiers in genetics, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Rodent models have been extensively used to investigate the cause and mechanisms
behind Alzheimer's disease. Despite many years of intensive research using these models …

The physiological role of the amyloid precursor protein as an adhesion molecule in the developing nervous system

LJ Sosa, A Cáceres, S Dupraz… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein better known
for its participation in the physiopathology of Alzheimer disease as the source of the beta …

Stem cell therapy for Alzheimer's disease

F Han, J Bi, L Qiao, O Arancio - Stem Cell-based Therapy for …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease caused by
eventually aggregated amyloid β (Aβ) plaques in degenerating neurons of the aging brain …

Origins of amyloid-β

WG Tharp, IN Sarkar - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Amyloid-β plaques are a defining characteristic of Alzheimer Disease.
However, Amyloid-β deposition is also found in other forms of dementia and in non …

In vivo modeling of the morbid human genome using Danio rerio

AR Niederriter, EE Davis, C Golzio… - Journal of …, 2013 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Here, we present methods for the development of assays to query potentially clinically
significant nonsynonymous changes using in vivo complementation in zebrafish. Zebrafish …

Methods for studying the zebrafish brain: past, present and future

C Wyatt, EM Bartoszek, E Yaksi - European Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is one of the most promising new model organisms. The
increasing popularity of this amazing small vertebrate is evident from the exponentially …

Assessing drug administration techniques in zebrafish models of neurological disease

V Chaoul, EY Dib, J Bedran, C Khoury… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neurological diseases, including neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders,
affect nearly one in six of the world's population. The burden of the resulting deaths and …

Beyond pathology: APP, brain development and Alzheimer's disease

A Soldano, BA Hassan - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Abeta peptide biology rather than APP biology has been the main focus of AD
field in the past 20 years.•The amyloid cascade hypothesis failed to produce effective AD …