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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The neuropeptide PACAP promotes ?‐secretase pathway for processing Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein

Corinna BuroKatja Gehrig-burgerRolf PostinaFalk FahrenholzElzbieta KojroChristoph Meiringer

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MAP kinase kinase kinasebiologyNeuropeptideMitogen-activated protein kinase kinaseCleavage (embryo)BiochemistryAlpha secretaseBiochemistrymental disordersGeneticsAmyloid precursor proteinbiology.proteinASK1Molecular BiologyBiotechnologyG protein-coupled receptor

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SPECIFIC AIMSProteolytic cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by α-secretase within the Aβ sequence precludes formation of amyloidogenic peptides and leads to a release of soluble APPsα,...

https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.05-4812fje