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SUBMITTER: Schindler SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4483518 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schindler Suzanne Elizabeth SE Fagan Anne M AM
Frontiers in neurology 20150629
Our understanding of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) has been greatly influenced by investigation of rare families with autosomal dominant mutations that cause early onset AD. Mutations in the genes coding for amyloid precursor protein (APP), presenilin 1 (PSEN-1), and presenilin 2 (PSEN-2) cause over-production of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) leading to early deposition of Aβ in the brain, which in turn is hypothesized to initiate a cascade of processes, resulting in neuronal death, co ...[more]