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FAD-mutation of APP is associated with a loss of its synaptotrophic activity.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Aug 2009
Seeger Gudrun, Gärtner Ulrich, Ueberham Uwe, Rohn Susanne, Arendt Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder associated with extracellular accumulation of Abeta peptide that derives from the amyloid precursor protein (APP). While amyloidogenic processing of APP has received most attention, the physiological function of APP and the sequelae of potentially impaired APP function are less understood. APP is a transmembrane glycoprotein being widely expressed...
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