Cellular prion protein as a receptor of toxic amyloid-β42 oligomers is important for Alzheimer's disease

Y Zhang, Y Zhao, L Zhang, W Yu, Y Wang… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The pathological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) include senile plaques induced by
amyloid-β (Aβ) protein deposits, neurofibrillary tangles formed by aggregates of …

Accumulation of cellular prion protein within β‐amyloid oligomer plaques in aged human brains

RH Takahashi, M Yokotsuka, M Tobiume… - Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the main cause of dementia, and β‐amyloid (Aβ) is a central
factor in the initiation and progression of the disease. Different forms of Aβ have been …

Cellular prion protein mediates the toxicity of β-amyloid oligomers: implications for Alzheimer disease

HB Nygaard, SM Strittmatter - Archives of neurology, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of age-related dementia, affecting more
than 25 million people worldwide. The accumulation of insoluble β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques in …

Alzheimer's disease and prion protein

J Zhou, B Liu - Intractable & rare diseases research, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease with progressive loss
of memory and cognitive function, pathologically hallmarked by aggregates of the amyloid …

β-amyloid oligomers and cellular prion protein in Alzheimer's disease

EC Gunther, SM Strittmatter - Journal of molecular medicine, 2010 - Springer
Prefibrillar oligomers of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) are recognized as potential mediators of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology. Deficits in synaptic function, neurotoxicity, and …

Cellular prion protein as a receptor for amyloid-β oligomers in Alzheimer's disease

SV Salazar, SM Strittmatter - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Soluble oligomers of amyloid-beta (Aβo) are implicated by biochemical and genetic
evidence as a trigger for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology. A key step is Aβo …

Aβ induces its own prion protein N-terminal fragment (PrPN1)–mediated neutralization in amorphous aggregates

M Béland, M Bédard, G Tremblay, P Lavigne… - Neurobiology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Plasma membrane cellular prion protein (PrP C) is a high-affinity receptor for toxic soluble
amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers that mediates synaptic dysfunction. Secreted forms of PrP C …

High molecular mass assemblies of amyloid-β oligomers bind prion protein in patients with Alzheimer's disease

F Dohler, D Sepulveda-Falla, S Krasemann… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and the generation of oligomeric
species of amyloid-β is causal to the initiation and progression of it. Amyloid-β oligomers …

Amyloid-β42 interacts mainly with insoluble prion protein in the Alzheimer brain

WQ Zou, X Xiao, J Yuan, G Puoti, H Fujioka… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
The prion protein (PrP) is best known for its association with prion diseases. However, a
controversial new role for PrP in Alzheimer disease (AD) has recently emerged. In vitro …

Prion protein and Aβ‐related synaptic toxicity impairment

AM Calella, M Farinelli, M Nuvolone… - EMBO molecular …, 2010 - embopress.org
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common neurodegenerative disorder, goes
along with extracellular amyloid‐β (Aβ) deposits. The cognitive decline observed during AD …