ROLE OF THE BETA-AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

被引:100
|
作者
ASHALL, F
GOATE, AM
机构
[1] F. Ashall and A.M. Goate are, the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0968-0004(94)90173-2
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Deposition of beta-amyloid peptide in the brain is an early event in Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia. Studies of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP), which gives rise to beta-amyloid, are rapidly leading to a better understanding of the biochemical basis of the disease - a prerequisite for rational drug development.
引用
收藏
页码:42 / 46
页数:5
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE AND THE BETA-AMYLOID GENE
    HARRISON, PJ
    BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1991, 302 (6791): : 1478 - 1479
  • [22] LEWY BODIES CONTAIN BETA-AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEINS OF ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
    ARAI, H
    LEE, VMY
    HILL, WD
    GREENBERG, BD
    TROJANOWSKI, JQ
    BRAIN RESEARCH, 1992, 585 (1-2) : 386 - 390
  • [23] MODEL SYSTEMS TO STUDY THE BETA-AMYLOID PROTEIN OF ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
    SANDHU, FA
    AGE, 1994, 17 (01) : 7 - 11
  • [24] PHYSIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF THE BETA-AMYLOID PROTEIN AND THE MECHANISM OF ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
    SELKOE, DJ
    TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES, 1993, 16 (10) : 403 - 409
  • [25] ABERRANT PROTEOLYSIS OF THE BETA-AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN IN FAMILIAL ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE LYMPHOBLASTOID-CELLS
    MATSUMOTO, A
    FUJIWARA, Y
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 1993, 217 (01): : 21 - 27
  • [26] DECREASED BETA-AMYLOID SENSITIVITY IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
    ECKERT, A
    FORSTL, H
    HARTMANN, H
    MULLER, WE
    LANCET, 1993, 342 (8874): : 805 - 806
  • [27] BETA-AMYLOID GENE DOSAGE IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
    MURDOCH, GH
    MANUELIDIS, L
    KIM, JH
    MANUELIDIS, EE
    NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 1988, 16 (01) : 357 - 357
  • [28] NEURODEGENERATION, ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE, AND BETA-AMYLOID TOXICITY
    HOYER, S
    LIFE SCIENCES, 1994, 55 (25-26) : 1977 - 1983
  • [29] BETA-AMYLOID IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE - THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS
    POLLARD, HB
    ROJAS, E
    ARISPE, N
    CNS DRUGS, 1994, 2 (01) : 1 - 6
  • [30] FAMILIAL ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE - BETA-AMYLOID RESURRECTED
    WRIGHT, AF
    GOEDERT, M
    HASTIE, ND
    NATURE, 1991, 349 (6311) : 653 - 654