Alzheimer's disease: from firing instability to homeostasis network collapse

S Frere, I Slutsky - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) starts from pure cognitive impairments and gradually progresses
into degeneration of specific brain circuits. Although numerous factors initiating AD have …

Contribution of the Presenilins in the cell biology, structure and function of γ-secretase

A Escamilla-Ayala, R Wouters, R Sannerud… - Seminars in cell & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract γ-Secretase cleavage is essential for many biological processes and its
dysregulation is linked to disease, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Therefore …

Presenilin/γ-secretase activity is located in acidic compartments of live neurons

M Maesako, MCQ Houser, Y Turchyna… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Presenilin (PSEN)/γ-secretase is a protease complex responsible for the proteolytic
processing of numerous substrates. These substrates include the amyloid precursor protein …

Mechanisms of neurodegeneration—Insights from familial Alzheimer's disease

L Chávez-Gutiérrez, M Szaruga - Seminars in Cell & Developmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rising prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), together with the lack of effective
treatments, portray it as one of the major health challenges of our times. Untangling AD …

The novel anti-colitic effect of β-adrenergic receptors via modulation of PS1/BACE-1/Aβ axis and NOTCH signaling in an ulcerative colitis model

S Nasser, DM Abdallah, KA Ahmed… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although dysautonomia was documented in inflammatory bowel disease, with activation of
the stress-related sympathetic system, the role of agonists/antagonists of the adrenergic …

Bidirectional regulation of Aβ levels by Presenilin 1

V Bustos, MV Pulina, Y Kelahmetoglu… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by accumulation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ),
which is generated through sequential proteolysis of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) …

Alzheimer's disease linked Aβ42 exerts product feedback inhibition on γ-secretase impairing downstream cell signaling

KM Zoltowska, U Das, S Lismont, T Enzlein… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Amyloid β (Aβ) peptides accumulating in the brain are proposed to trigger Alzheimer's
disease (AD). However, molecular cascades underlying their toxicity are poorly defined …

Alzheimer's disease-related presenilins are key to intestinal epithelial cell function and gut immune homoeostasis

L Erkert, R Gamez-Belmonte, M Kabisch, L Schödel… - Gut, 2024 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Mutations in presenilin genes are the major cause of Alzheimer's disease.
However, little is known about their expression and function in the gut. In this study, we …

Dynamic nature of presenilin1/γ-secretase: Implication for Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

KM Zoltowska, O Berezovska - Molecular neurobiology, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Presenilin 1 (PS1) is a catalytic component of the γ-secretase complex, responsible
for the intramembraneous cleavage of more than 90 type I transmembrane proteins …

Soluble gamma-secretase modulators attenuate Alzheimer's β-amyloid pathology and induce conformational changes in presenilin 1

F Raven, JF Ward, KM Zoltowska, Y Wan… - …, 2017 - thelancet.com
A central pathogenic event of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the accumulation of the Aβ42
peptide, which is generated from amyloid-β precursor protein (APP) via cleavages by β-and …