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Amyloid beta inhibits ectodomain shedding of N-cadherin via down-regulation of cell-surface NMDA receptor.
Neuroscience - 2 Mar 2007
Uemura K, Kuzuya A, Aoyagi N, Ando K, Shimozono Y, Ninomiya H, Shimohama S, Kinoshita A
Abstract excerpt
Dysfunction in the synapse is recognized as an early and the primary pathological process in Alzheimer's disease (AD). N-cadherin, an essential adhesion molecule for excitatory synaptic contact, forms a complex with presenilin 1 (PS1) and beta-catenin in the synaptic membrane. N-cadherin is sequentially cleaved by ADAM10 and PS1/gamma-secretase, producing a cytoplasmic fragment, N-cadherin C-terminal fragment...
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