Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome:Down syndrome(DS)is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of an extra complete or partial chromosome 21.Over the past few decades,significant advancements in medical treatment...
supported by the Spanish Minister of Economy and Competitiveness grant SAF2017-84096-R;by the Generalitat Valenciana 2018-55,to MV。
The amyloid hypothesis of Alzhemer’s disease(AD)postulates that the generation of amyloid-beta(Aβ)peptide from the amyloid precursor protein(APP)by the action of theγ-secretase complex is one of the principal cause...
γ-Secretase is an intramembrane aspartyl protease that cleaves the C99 fragment of amyloid precursor protein to generate extracellular Aβ peptides. These peptides can oligomerize and aggregate to form amyloid plaque...
supported by the McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award and NIH grant R01AG030746
Alzheimer disease(AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder worldwide and is at present,incurable.The accumulation of toxic amyloid-beta(Aβ) peptide aggregates in AD brain is thought to trigger the extensive ...
the Natural Science Foundation of Bei-jing, No. 7073088
BACKGROUND: Chronic cerebral hypoxia and ischemia have been shown to be related to occurrence of sporadic Alzheimer's disease, and β- and y-secretase play an important role in the generation of β-amyloid protein. ...