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Lack of evidence to support the association of polymorphisms within the alpha- and beta-secretase genes (ADAM10/BACE1) with Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Mar 2011
Laws S M, Eckart K, Friedrich P, Kurz A, Förstl H, Riemenschneider M
Abstract excerpt
Cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) occurs through either an amyloidogenic or a non-amyloidogenic pathway. The first results in the generation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) and is initiated through cleavage by the beta-site amyloid beta A4 precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1). The second precludes the formation of Aβ through cleavage by alpha-secretase, an enzyme's activity demonstrated in a disintegrin...
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