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Transcriptional regulation of the presenilin-1 gene: implication in Alzheimer's disease.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Jan 2008
Das Hriday K
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Two (amyloid and presenilin) hypotheses have been proposed to explain the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). According to amyloid hypothesis, the main amyloid plaques which are hallmark of AD are generated by beta- and gamma-secretase mediated proteolytic processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP). The amyloid hypothesis does not adequately address the pathogenesis of the disease, however, since...
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