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SUBMITTER: Cervellati C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031490 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cervellati Carlo C Trentini Alessandro A Rosta Valentina V Passaro Angelina A Bosi Cristina C Sanz Juana Maria JM Bonazzi Stefania S Pacifico Salvatore S Seripa Davide D Valacchi Giuseppe G Guerini Remo R Zuliani Giovanni G
GeroScience 20191119 1
Beta-secretase (BACE1) is a key enzyme in the formation of amyloid-β; its activity/concentration is increased in brain and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). Since BACE1 was found also in blood, we evaluated its potential as peripheral biomarker. To this aim, serum BACE1 activity was assessed in 115 subjects with LOAD and 151 controls. We found that BACE1 changed across groups (p < 0.001) with a 25% increase in LOAD versus controls. High levels of BACE1 ( ...[more]