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SUBMITTER: Kidana K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5840542 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kidana Kiwami K Tatebe Takuya T Ito Kaori K Hara Norikazu N Kakita Akiyoshi A Saito Takashi T Takatori Sho S Ouchi Yasuyoshi Y Ikeuchi Takeshi T Makino Mitsuhiro M Saido Takaomi C TC Akishita Masahiro M Iwatsubo Takeshi T Hori Yukiko Y Tomita Taisuke T
EMBO molecular medicine 20180301 3
Deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) as senile plaques is one of the pathological hallmarks in the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. In addition, glial activation has been found in AD brains, although the precise pathological role of astrocytes remains unclear. Here, we identified kallikrein-related peptidase 7 (KLK7) as an astrocyte-derived Aβ degrading enzyme. Expression of <i>KLK7</i> mRNA was significantly decreased in the brains of AD patients. Ablation of <i>Klk7</i> exacerbated the thi ...[more]