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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cho YY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727664 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cho Yoon Young YY Kwon Oh-Hoon OH Chung Sungkwon S
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20201124 23
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) at the plasma membrane is internalized via endocytosis and delivered to endo/lysosomes, where neurotoxic amyloid-β (Aβ) is produced via β-, γ-secretases. Hence, endocytosis plays a key role in the processing of APP and subsequent Aβ generation. β-, γ-secretases as well as APP are localized in cholesterol-enriched lipid raft microdomains. However, it is still unclear whether lipid rafts are the site where APP undergoes endocytosis and whether cholesterol levels aff ...[more]