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The Swedish APP mutation alters the effect of genetically reduced BACE1 expression on the APP processing.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Oct 2011
Rabe Sabine, Reichwald Julia, Ammaturo Domenico, de Strooper Bart, Saftig Paul, Neumann Ulf, Staufenbiel Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Inhibition of β-secretase (BACE1) is a key therapeutic approach in Alzheimer's disease (AD), as BACE1 initiates amyloid-β (Aβ) cleavage from the β-amyloid precursor protein (APP). As Aβ reductions in mice lacking one BACE1 allele diverged considerably between studies we investigated the effect of BACE1 knock-out in more detail. With both BACE1 alleles the Swedish mutation (APP23 mice) increased APP processing and...
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