supported in part by Award 2121063 from National Science Foundation(to YM);AG66986 from the National Institutes of Health(to MSW).
γ-Secretase,called“the proteasome of the membrane,”is a membrane-embedded protease complex that cleaves 150+peptide substrates with central roles in biology and medicine,including amyloid precursor protein and the ...
supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Scholarship 711893(to MAH)and 711874(to EER)。
The presenilin genes(PSEN1 and PSEN2)are mainly responsible for causing early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease,harboring~300 causative mutations,and representing~90%of all mutations associated with a very aggressiv...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Technology Gallery in Jilin Province of China,No.2011-15237;the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81160159
The murine microglial cell line BV2 has neuroprotective effects, but is toxic to neurons by secret-ing inlfammatory cytokines, and is an important target in the treatment of nerve inlfammation and neurodegenerative di...
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. ...