Roles of amyloid precursor protein and its fragments in regulating neural activity, plasticity and memory

PR Turner, K O'Connor, WP Tate, WC Abraham - Progress in neurobiology, 2003 - Elsevier
Amyloid-β precursor protein (APP) is a membrane-spanning protein with a large
extracellular domain and a much smaller intracellular domain. It is the source of the amyloid …

Blending basics

S Coulson, T Oakley - 2001 - degruyter.com
This article serves as a primer for the theory of online meaning construction known
alternately as conceptual blending, conceptual integration, the many space model, and the …

Cellular actions of beta-amyloid precursor protein and its soluble and fibrillogenic derivatives

MP Mattson - Physiological reviews, 1997 - journals.physiology.org
beta-Amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP), the source of the fibrillogenic amyloid beta-
peptide (A beta) that accumulates in the brain of victims of Alzheimer's disease, is a …

Biology and pathophysiology of the amyloid precursor protein

H Zheng, EH Koo - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2011 - Springer
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays a central role in the pathophysiology of
Alzheimer's disease in large part due to the sequential proteolytic cleavages that result in …

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 …

Developing effective Alzheimer's disease therapies: clinical experience and future directions

DR Elmaleh, MR Farlow, PS Conti… - Journal of …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) clinical trials, focused on disease modifying drugs and conducted
in patients with mild to moderate AD, as well as prodromal (early) AD, have failed to reach …

Pro-inflammatory interleukin-18 increases Alzheimer's disease-associated amyloid-β production in human neuron-like cells

EM Sutinen, T Pirttilä, G Anderson, A Salminen… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves increased accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ)
plaques and neurofibrillary tangles as well as neuronal loss in various regions of the …

Homo‐and heterodimerization of APP family members promotes intercellular adhesion

P Soba, S Eggert, K Wagner, H Zentgraf, K Siehl… - The EMBO …, 2005 - embopress.org
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays a central role in Alzheimer's disease, but its
physiological function and that of its mammalian paralogs, the amyloid precursor‐like …

Amyloid precursor protein (APP) regulates synaptic structure and function

SH Tyan, AYJ Shih, JJ Walsh, H Maruyama… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2012 - Elsevier
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays a critical role in Alzheimer's disease (AD)
pathogenesis. APP is proteolytically cleaved by β-and γ-secretases to generate the amyloid …

Caspase activation and amyloid precursor protein cleavage in rat ocular hypertension

SJ McKinnon, DM Lehman… - … & visual science, 2002 - iovs.arvojournals.org
purpose. Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucoma involves apoptosis. Activation of
caspases and abnormal processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) are important events …