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Recombinant soluble neprilysin reduces amyloid-beta accumulation and improves memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease mice.
Brain research - 5 Sept 2013
Park Min Hee, Lee Jong Kil, Choi Sunghyun, Ahn Junseong, Jin Hee Kyung, Park Jong-Sang, Bae Jae-sung
Abstract excerpt
Accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) is thought to be a central pathology in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Neprilysin (NEP), a plasma membrane glycoprotein of the neutral zinc metalloendopeptidase family, is known as a major Aβ-degrading enzyme in the brain. The level of NEP is reduced in the brains of patients with AD; therefore, NEP is under intense investigation as a potential therapeutic...
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