The effects of Cstb duplication on APP/amyloid-β pathology and cathepsin B activity in a mouse model.

People with Down syndrome (DS), caused by trisomy of chromosome 21 have a greatly increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). This is in part because of triplication of a chromosome 21 gene, APP. This gene encodes amyloid precursor protein, which is cleaved to form amyloid-β that acc...

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Main Authors: Yixing Wu, Heather T Whittaker, Suzanna Noy, Karen Cleverley, Veronique Brault, Yann Herault, Elizabeth M C Fisher, Frances K Wiseman
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ef70aabd7c9645f4a1ceae65bf660fef
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