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Acyl peptide hydrolase, a serine proteinase isolated from conditioned medium of neuroblastoma cells, degrades the amyloid-beta peptide.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Jan 2007
Yamin Rina, Bagchi Sandipan, Hildebrant Rick, Scaloni Andrea, Widom Russell L, Abraham Carmela R
Abstract excerpt
Considerable evidence indicates that the amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide, a proteolytic fragment of the amyloid precursor protein, is the pathogenic agent in Alzheimer's disease (AD). A number of proteases have been reported as capable of degrading Abeta, among them: neprilysin, insulin-degrading enzyme, endothelin-converting enzyme-1 and -2, angiotensin-converting enzyme and plasmin. These proteases, originating...
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