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Beta protein

Protein which consists of beta sheets.
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
γ-Secretase: Successive Tripeptide and Tetrapeptide Release from the Transmembrane Domain of β-Carboxyl Terminal Fragment
Amyloid β protein (Aβ), a pathogenic molecule associated with Alzheimer's disease, is produced by γ-secretase, which cleaves the… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Amyloid β Protein Dimer-Containing Human CSF Disrupts Synaptic Plasticity: Prevention by Systemic Passive Immunization
The current development of immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease is based on the assumption that human-derived amyloid β protein… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Intake of Sucrose-sweetened Water Induces Insulin Resistance and Exacerbates Memory Deficits and Amyloidosis in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease*
Compelling evidence indicates that excess consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages plays an important role in the epidemic of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Designing conditions for in vitro formation of amyloid protofilaments and fibrils.
We have been able to convert a small alpha/beta protein, acylphosphatase, from its soluble and native form into insoluble amyloid… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Human recombinant NACP/α-synuclein is aggregated and fibrillated in vitro: Relevance for Lewy body disease
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Amyloid β Protein Potentiates Ca2+ Influx Through L‐Type Voltage‐Sensitive Ca2+ Channels: A Possible Involvement of Free Radicals
Abstract: Amyloid β protein (Aβ), the central constituent of senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, is known to exert… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Evidence that the 42- and 40-amino acid forms of amyloid beta protein are generated from the beta-amyloid precursor protein by different protease activities.
Cerebral deposition of the amyloid beta protein (A beta) is an early and invariant feature of Alzheimer disease (AD). Whereas the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Amyloid beta protein enhances the survival of hippocampal neurons in vitro.
The beta-amyloid protein is progressively deposited in Alzheimer's disease as vascular amyloid and as the amyloid cores of… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Amyloid beta protein gene: cDNA, mRNA distribution, and genetic linkage near the Alzheimer locus.
The amyloid beta protein has been identified as an important component of both cerebrovascular amyloid and amyloid plaques of… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome: sharing of a unique cerebrovascular amyloid fibril protein.
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