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SUBMITTER: Krasinski CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6210067 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krasinski Claire A CA Ivancic Valerie A VA Zheng Qiuchen Q Spratt Donald E DE Lazo Noel D ND
ACS omega 20181016 10
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. We hypothesize that the impaired clearance of Aβ42 from the brain is partly responsible for the onset of sporadic AD. In this work, we evaluated the activity of insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) toward Aβ42 in the presence of resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red wine and grape juice. By liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry, we identified initial cleavage sites i ...[more]