...Dennis Dik-Long Chau; Laura Lok-Haang Ng; Yuqi Zhai; Kwok-Fai Lau Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a key molecule in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as the pathogenic amyloid-β peptide is derived from it. Two closely related APP family proteins (APPs) have also been identified...

...Heather M. Wilkins Mitochondrial dysfunction and Aβ accumulation are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Decades of research describe a relationship between mitochondrial function and Aβ production. Amyloid precursor protein (APP), of which Aβ is generated from, is found within mitochondria...

... 11 2015 © 2016 Authors; published by Portland Press Limited 2016 amyloid precursor protein PIKfyve phosphatidylinositol-3 5-bisphosphate trafficking Alzheimer's disease Vac14 Fig4 Fab1 Phosphoinositides are important components of cellular membranes. What sets them apart...

.... However, research has identified a more logical reason to group some of these diseases together. The associated proteins not only aggregate, but also bind copper. The APP (amyloid precursor protein) binds copper in an N-terminal region. Binding of copper has been suggested to influence generation of β...

... neuroprotective effects for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Like amyloid precursor protein and Notch, p75 is a substrate for γ-secretase cleavage. The p75 receptor undergoes an α-secretase-mediated release of the extracellular domain followed by a γ-secretase-mediated intramembrane cleavage. Cleavage...

...N.M. Hooper In the amyloidogenic pathway, the APP (amyloid precursor protein) is proteolytically processed by the β- and γ-secretases to release the Aβ (amyloid-β) peptide that is neurotoxic and aggregates in the brains of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In the non-amyloidogenic...

...N. M. Hooper; A. J. Turner Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and the Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor protein are two examples of membrane-bound proteins that are released in a soluble form by a post-trans-lational proteolytic cleavage event involving a secretase. Site-specific antibodies...