Journal
TRANSLATIONAL NEURODEGENERATION
Volume 1, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/2047-9158-1-18
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; A-beta; APP; BACE1; Presenilins; ApoE; Neprilysin/insulin-degrading enzyme
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31171019, 81173108, 31000574]
- Opening Projects of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics
- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (East China Normal University), Ministry of Education
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized clinically by progressive deterioration of memory, and pathologically by histopathological changes including extracellular deposits of amyloid-beta (A-beta) peptides forming senile plaques (SP) and the intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) of hyperphosphorylated tau in the brain. This review focused on the new developments of amyloid cascade hypothesis with details on the production, metabolism and clearance of A-beta, and the key roles of some important A-beta-related genes in the pathological processes of AD. The most recent research advances in genetics, neuropathology and pathogenesis of the disease were also discussed.
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