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SUBMITTER: Ohki Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3243616 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ohki Yu Y Higo Takuya T Uemura Kengo K Shimada Naoaki N Osawa Satoko S Berezovska Oksana O Yokoshima Satoshi S Fukuyama Tohru T Tomita Taisuke T Iwatsubo Takeshi T
The EMBO journal 20111014 23
Amyloid-β peptide ending at the 42nd residue (Aβ42) is implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Small compounds that exhibit selective lowering effects on Aβ42 production are termed γ-secretase modulators (GSMs) and are deemed as promising therapeutic agents against AD, although the molecular target as well as the mechanism of action remains controversial. Here, we show that a phenylpiperidine-type compound GSM-1 directly targets the transmembrane domain (TMD) 1 of presenilin ...[more]