A familial Danish dementia rat shows impaired presynaptic and postsynaptic glutamatergic transmission

T Yin, W Yao, KA Norris, L D'Adamio - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Familial British dementia and familial Danish dementia are neurodegenerative disorders
caused by mutations in the gene integral membrane protein 2B (ITM2b) encoding BRI2 …

APP heterozygosity averts memory deficit in knockin mice expressing the Danish dementia BRI2 mutant

R Tamayev, S Matsuda, L Giliberto, O Arancio… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
An autosomal dominant mutation in the BRI2/ITM2B gene causes familial Danish dementia
(FDD). Analysis of FDDKI mice, a mouse model of FDD genetically congruous to the human …

Danish and British dementia ITM2b/BRI2 mutations reduce BRI2 protein stability and impair glutamatergic synaptic transmission

T Yin, W Yao, AD Lemenze, L D'Adamio - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Mutations in integral membrane protein 2B (ITM2b/BRI2) gene cause familial British and
Danish dementia (FBD and FDD), autosomal dominant disorders characterized by …

Memory deficits of British dementia knock-in mice are prevented by Aβ-precursor protein haploinsufficiency

R Tamayev, L D'Adamio - Journal of Neuroscience, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Familial British Dementia (FBD) is caused by an autosomal dominant mutation in the
BRI2/ITM2B gene. FBDKI mice are a model of FBD that is genetically congruous to the …

The Familial dementia gene ITM2b/BRI2 facilitates glutamate transmission via both presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms

W Yao, T Yin, MD Tambini, L D'Adamio - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Mutations in the Integral membrane protein 2B (ITM2b/BRI2) gene, which codes for a protein
called BRI2, cause familial British and Danish dementia (FBD and FDD). Loss of BRI2 …

BRI2 (ITM2b) inhibits Aβ deposition in vivo

J Kim, VM Miller, Y Levites, KJ West… - Journal of …, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
Analyses of the biologic effects of mutations in the BRI2 (ITM2b) and the amyloid β precursor
protein (APP) genes support the hypothesis that cerebral accumulation of amyloidogenic …

Increased AβPP processing in familial Danish dementia patients

S Matsuda, R Tamayev… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
An autosomal dominant mutation in the BRI2/ITM2B gene causes Familial Danish Dementia
(FDD). We have generated a mouse model of FDD, called FDD KI, genetically congruous to …

The extracellular domain of Bri2 (ITM2B) binds the ABri peptide (1–23) and amyloid β-peptide (Aβ1–40): Implications for Bri2 effects on processing of amyloid …

S Peng, M Fitzen, H Jörnvall, J Johansson - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2010 - Elsevier
In Alzheimer's disease the amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) aggregates in brain tissue and arteries.
Aβ is proteolytically cleaved out from amyloid precursor protein (APP) by different …

The familial dementia BRI2 gene binds the Alzheimer gene amyloid-β precursor protein and inhibits amyloid-β production

S Matsuda, L Giliberto, Y Matsuda, P Davies… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
Alzheimer disease (AD), the most common senile dementia, is characterized by amyloid
plaques, vascular amyloid, neurofibrillary tangles, and progressive neurodegeneration …

Role of BRI2 in dementia

M Del Campo, CE Teunissen - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, shares clinical and
pathological similarities with familial British and Danish dementias (FBD and FDD). Whereas …