Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer disease—one peptide, two pathways

SM Greenberg, BJ Bacskai… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The shared role of amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and
Alzheimer disease (AD) is arguably the clearest instance of crosstalk between …

The neurovascular unit dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

LO Soto-Rojas, M Pacheco-Herrero… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide.
Histopathologically, AD presents with two hallmarks: neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and …

Cryo-EM structures of amyloid-β filaments with the Arctic mutation (E22G) from human and mouse brains

Y Yang, W Zhang, AG Murzin, M Schweighauser… - Acta …, 2023 - Springer
The Arctic mutation, encoding E693G in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene [E22G in
amyloid-β (Aβ)], causes dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease. Here, we report the high …

Genetics of β-amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer's disease

TCW Julia, AM Goate - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized neuropathologically by neuronal cell loss,
extracellular neuritic plaques composed of β-amyloid (Aβ), and intracellular neurofibrillary …

[HTML][HTML] Canine cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease–two facets of the same disease?

S Prpar Mihevc, G Majdič - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases present a major and increasing burden in the societies
worldwide. With aging populations, the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is …

Molecular consequences of amyloid precursor protein and presenilin mutations causing autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease

S Weggen, D Beher - Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2012 - Springer
Mutations in both the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and the presenilin (PSEN) genes
cause familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) with autosomal dominant inheritance and early …

[HTML][HTML] Neprilysin and Aβ clearance: impact of the APP intracellular domain in NEP regulation and implications in Alzheimer's disease

MOW Grimm, J Mett, CP Stahlmann… - Frontiers in aging …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
One of the characteristic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an accumulation of
amyloid β (Aβ) leading to plaque formation and toxic oligomeric Aβ complexes. Besides the …

Structural heterogeneity and intersubject variability of Aβ in familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease

C Condello, T Lemmin, J Stöhr… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Point mutations in the amyloid-β (Aβ) coding region produce a combination of mutant and
WT Aβ isoforms that yield unique clinicopathologies in familial Alzheimer's disease (fAD) …

Differential and substrate-specific inhibition of γ-secretase by the C-terminal region of ApoE2, ApoE3, and ApoE4

X Hou, X Zhang, H Zou, M Guan, C Fu, W Wang… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Aberrant low γ-secretase activity is associated with most of the presenilin mutations that
underlie familial Alzheimer's disease (fAD). However, the role of γ-secretase in the more …

Loss of clusterin shifts amyloid deposition to the cerebrovasculature via disruption of perivascular drainage pathways

AM Wojtas, SS Kang, BM Olley… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide deposition in brain
parenchyma as plaques and in cerebral blood vessels as cerebral amyloid angiopathy …