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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2012

Physiological functions of APP family proteins.

Ulrike C Müller, Hui Zheng

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 165 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

165 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ulrike C MüllerInstitute for Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. u.mueller@urz.uni-hd.de
Hui Zheng

Funding

Pathophysiology of APP in vivo.R01AG032051 · NIA · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ZHENG, HUI · 2008 to 2017
$3.5M
Role of APP in Synaptic RegulationR01AG033467 · NIA · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ZHENG, HUI · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS AG03251NIA NIH HHS AG033467NIA NIH HHS R01 AG032051NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033467
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biochemical and genetic evidence establishes a central role of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) in Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis. Biochemically, deposition of the β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides produced from proteolytic processing of APP forms the defining pathological hallmark of AD; genetically, both point mutations and duplications of wild-type APP are linked to a subset of early onset of familial AD (FAD) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. As such, the biological functions of APP and its processing products have been the subject of intense investigation, and the past 20+ years of research have met with both excitement and challenges. This article will review the current understanding of the physiological functions of APP in the context of APP family members.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsApoptosisAxonal TransportCell AdhesionDisease Models, AnimalGerm-Line MutationHumansMiceMice, KnockoutNerve DegenerationNeuronsSignal TransductionSynapsesAmyloid beta-Protein Precursor

Identifiers

PMID22355794
PMCPMC3281588

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