Alzheimer's disease amyloid β-protein mutations and deletions that define neuronal binding/internalization as early stage nonfibrillar/fibrillar aggregates and late stage fibrils.

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Accumulation of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) in neurons has been demonstrated to precede its formation as amyloid plaques in the extracellular space in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Consequently, intraneuronal Aβ accumulation is thought to be a critical first step in the fatal cascade of events that leads to neuronal degeneration in AD. Understanding the structural basis of neuronal binding and uptake of Aβ might...

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