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Genes and mechanisms involved in beta-amyloid generation and Alzheimer's disease.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1999
Steiner H, Capell A, Leimer U, Haass C
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the invariable accumulation of senile plaques that are predominantly composed of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta). Abeta is generated by proteolytic processing of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP) involving the combined action of beta- and gamma-secr...
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