T Soares Martins, D Trindade, M Vaz… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles released by almost all cell types in physiological and pathological conditions. The exosomal potential to unravel disease mechanisms, or to …
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of age-related dementia. The etiology of AD is considered to be multifactorial as only a negligible percentage of cases have a familial …
X Sun, WD Chen, YD Wang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The amyloid β peptide (Aβ) is a critical initiator that triggers the progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) via accumulation and aggregation, of which the process may be caused by Aβ …
M Yokoyama, H Origasa, M Matsuzaki, Y Matsuzawa… - The lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Background Epidemiological and clinical evidence suggests that an increased intake of long- chain n-3 fatty acids protects against mortality from coronary artery disease. We aimed to test …
The amyloid hypothesis has yielded a series of well-validated candidate drug targets with potential for the treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD). Three proteases that are involved in …
PH Kuhn, H Wang, B Dislich, A Colombo… - The EMBO …, 2010 - embopress.org
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) undergoes constitutive shedding by a protease activity called α‐secretase. This is considered an important mechanism preventing the generation of …
Y Zhang, R Thompson, H Zhang, H Xu - Molecular brain, 2011 - Springer
An important pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the presence of extracellular senile plaques in the brain. Senile plaques are composed of aggregations of …
DR Edwards, MM Handsley, CJ Pennington - Molecular aspects of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The ADAMs (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) are a fascinating family of transmembrane and secreted proteins with important roles in regulating cell phenotype via their effects on …
E Dawkins, DH Small - Journal of neurochemistry, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The β‐amyloid precursor protein (APP) has been extensively studied for its role as the precursor of the β‐amyloid protein (Aβ) of Alzheimer's disease. However, the normal …