Amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) is produced through the proteolytic processing of a transmembrane protein, amyloid precursor protein (APP), by β- and γ-secretases. Aβ accumulation in the brain is proposed ...

β-Secretase (BACE, Asp-2) is a transmembrane aspartic proteinase responsible for cleaving the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to generate the soluble ectodomain ...

There are many unknowns around the causes of Alzheimer's, but one of the leading suspects is amyloid beta plaques. These form from amyloid peptides, and while some see these biomarkers as a chance to ...

Alzheimer’s disease can be either sporadic or familial, with common mutations found in amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin genes. The condition can be further classified based by the age of ...

Amyloid fibrils are infamous for the role they play in serious neurological diseases in humans, such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. One trigger for Alzheimer's disease is the misfolding and ...

The amyloid protein conformation, a structure that propagates as insoluble fibrils of aggregated β-strand-containing peptides, is a common feature of many neurodegenerative diseases. In Alzheimer, ...

Microglial activity appears to determine when amyloid becomes biologically significant, reshaping how clinicians interpret ...

A new study published in the journal JAMA Neurology in April 2020 seems to indicate that higher brain amyloid levels represent early Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid-beta is a significant biomarker ...

Watching the Alzheimer’s research world from the outside over the past two years has felt like a car ride over an unpaved mountain road without a seatbelt. In 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration ...