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Cellular prion protein regulates beta-secretase cleavage of the Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Jun 2007
Parkin Edward T, Watt Nicole T, Hussain Ishrut, Eckman Elizabeth A, Eckman Christopher B, Manson Jean C, Baybutt Herbert N, Turner Anthony J, Hooper Nigel M
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Proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by beta-secretase, beta-site APP cleaving enzyme (BACE1), is the initial step in the production of the amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide, which is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. The normal cellular function of the prion protein (PrP(C)), the causative agent of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob...
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