Mutant presenilins of Alzheimer's disease increase production of 42-residue amyloid β-protein in both transfected cells and transgenic mice

Cloning of a gene bearing missense mutations in early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease

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Secreted amyloid β–protein similar to that in the senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease is increased in vivo by the presenilin 1 and 2 and APP mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's disease

Donalyn Scheuner, Christopher B. Eckman, M. Jensen et al. · Nature Medicine · 1996 · 2.6K citations

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Familial Alzheimer's disease in kindreds with missense mutations in a gene on chromosome 1 related to the Alzheimer's disease type 3 gene

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The carboxy terminus of the .beta. amyloid protein is critical for the seeding of amyloid formation: Implications for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

Joseph T. Jarrett, Elizabeth P. Berger, Peter T. Lansbury · Biochemistry · 1993 · 2K citations

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Amyloid β-peptide is produced by cultured cells during normal metabolism

Christian Haass, Michael G. Schlossmacher, Albert Y. Hung et al. · Nature · 1992 · 1.9K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +15