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Amyloidogenic processing of human amyloid precursor protein in hippocampal neurons devoid of cathepsin D.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Nov 1996
Saftig P, Peters C, von Figura K, Craessaerts K, Van Leuven F, De Strooper B
Abstract excerpt
betaA4-Amyloid peptide, the main component of the amyloid plaques in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients is produced from amyloid precursor protein (APP) by proteolytical processing. Several lines of evidence suggest a direct role for cathepsin D, the major endosomal/lysosomal aspartic endo...
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