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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2009

Membrane-targeted strategies for modulating APP and Abeta-mediated toxicity.

Katherine A Price, Peter J Crouch, Paul S Donnelly, Colin L Masters, Anthony R White, Cyril C Curtain

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Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Katherine A PriceDepartment of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. k.price@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Peter J Crouch
Paul S Donnelly
Colin L Masters
Anthony R White
Cyril C Curtain

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by numerous pathological features including the accumulation of neurotoxic amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide. There is currently no effective therapy for AD, but the development of therapeutic strategies that target the cell membrane is gaining increased interest. The amyloid precursor protein (APP) from which Abeta is formed is a membrane-bound protein, and Abeta production and toxicity are both membrane mediated events. This review describes the critical role of cell membranes in AD with particular emphasis on how the composition and structure of the membrane and its specialized regions may influence toxic or benign Abeta/APP pathways in AD. The putative role of copper (Cu) in AD is also discussed, and we highlight how targeting the cell membrane with Cu complexes has therapeutic potential in AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsCell MembraneCopperHumansMembrane LipidsMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularMolecular StructureAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorCopperMembrane LipidsMembrane Proteins

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PMID19278455
PMCPMC3823352

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