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Amyloid beta-Peptides

Known as: beta-Peptide, Amyloid, beta-Protein, Alzheimer, Amyloid AD-AP 
Peptides generated from AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES PRECURSOR. An amyloid fibrillar form of these peptides is the major component of amyloid plaques found… 
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AAKLVFFAN-1792amyloid beta-peptide (17-43)amyloid beta-protein (1-12)
APP protein, humanAlzheimer's DiseaseCerebral Amyloid AngiopathyDown Syndrome

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Review
2005
Review
2005
The role of insulin receptor signaling in the brain
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Enhanced Proteolysis of β-Amyloid in APP Transgenic Mice Prevents Plaque Formation, Secondary Pathology, and Premature Death
Review
2001
Review
2001
Clearing the Brain's Amyloid Cobwebs
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Metal binding modes of Alzheimer's amyloid beta-peptide in insoluble aggregates and soluble complexes.
Aggregation of the amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) into insoluble fibrils is a key pathological event in Alzheimer's disease. Zn(II… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Conformational transitions of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in amyloid formation in vitro.
Amyloid aggregates have been recognized to be a pathological hallmark of several fatal diseases, including Alzheimer's disease… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Binding of beta-amyloid to the p75 neurotrophin receptor induces apoptosis. A possible mechanism for Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the extracellular deposition in the brain of aggregated beta… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
On the nucleation and growth of amyloid beta-protein fibrils: detection of nuclei and quantitation of rate constants.
We have studied the fibrillogenesis of synthetic amyloid beta-protein-(1-40) fragment (A beta) in 0.1 M HCl. At low pH, A beta… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Normal and abnormal biology of the beta-amyloid precursor protein.
Few macromolecules have become the object of more intense chemical and biological scrutiny in recent years than has the l3… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Precursor of amyloid protein in Alzheimer disease undergoes fast anterograde axonal transport.
In the brains of aged humans and cases of Alzheimer disease, deposits of amyloid in senile plaques are located in proximity to… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Protease inhibitor domain encoded by an amyloid protein precursor mRNA associated with Alzheimer's disease
Amyloid B-protein/amyloid A4 is a peptide present in the neuritic plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and cerebrovascular deposits… 
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