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Overexpression of APP stimulates basal and constitutive exocytosis in PC12 cells.
Neuroscience letters - 9 May 2008
Lee Hye-Won, Park Jeong Won, Sandagsuren Enkh-Undraa, Kim Ki-Bae, Yoo Jin-Ju, Chung Sul-Hee
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms that underlie the altered neurotransmitter system in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are not well understood. Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a precursor protein for beta-amyloid, an important trigger protein in the pathogenesis of AD. Duplication of the APP gene as well as APP genes that contain certain mutations has been reported to be associated with familial AD (FAD), and a role of APP in...
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