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SUBMITTER: Fernandez JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2981607 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fernandez Jamie Winderbaum JW Rezai-Zadeh Kavon K Obregon Demian D Tan Jun J
FEBS letters 20100917 19
Estrogen depletion following menopause has been correlated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). We previously explored the beneficial effect of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on AD mice and found increased non-amyloidogenic processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) through the α-secretase a disintegrin and metallopeptidase domain 10 (ADAM10). Our results in this study suggest that EGCG-mediated enhancement of non-amyloidogenic processing of APP is mediated by ...[more]