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Insulin-degrading enzyme, apolipoprotein E, and Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jan 2004
Edland Steven D
Abstract excerpt
Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) is a protease that degrades insulin and the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hence, factors that influence IDE expression or IDE activity toward Abeta are potentially relevant to the etiology of AD. Hippocampal IDE mRNA levels are lower on average in subjects with an APOE epsilon4 allele, suggesting that the genetic risk conferred by APOE epsilon4...
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