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Deposition of C-terminally truncated Aβ species Aβ37 and Aβ39 in Alzheimer’s disease and transgenic mouse models

Overview of attention for article published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications, March 2016
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Title
Deposition of C-terminally truncated Aβ species Aβ37 and Aβ39 in Alzheimer’s disease and transgenic mouse models
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Acta Neuropathologica Communications, March 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40478-016-0294-7
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Jochim Reinert, Bernhard C. Richard, Hans W. Klafki, Beate Friedrich, Thomas A. Bayer, Jens Wiltfang, Gabor G. Kovacs, Martin Ingelsson, Lars Lannfelt, Anders Paetau, Jonas Bergquist, Oliver Wirths

Abstract

In Alzheimer's disease (AD) a variety of amyloid β-peptides (Aβ) are deposited in the form of extracellular diffuse and neuritic plaques (NP), as well as within the vasculature. The generation of Aβ from its precursor, the amyloid precursor protein (APP), is a highly complex procedure that involves subsequent proteolysis of APP by β- and γ-secretases. Brain accumulation of Aβ due to impaired Aβ degradation and/or altered ratios between the different Aβ species produced is believed to play a pivotal role in AD pathogenesis. While the presence of Aβ40 and Aβ42 in vascular and parenchymal amyloid have been subject of extensive studies, the deposition of carboxyterminal truncated Aβ peptides in AD has not received comparable attention. In the current study, we for the first time demonstrate the immunohistochemical localization of Aβ37 and Aβ39 in human sporadic AD (SAD). Our study further included the analysis of familial AD (FAD) cases carrying the APP mutations KM670/671NL, E693G and I716F, as well as a case of the PSEN1 ΔExon9 mutation. Aβ37 and Aβ39 were found to be widely distributed within the vasculature in the brains of the majority of studied SAD and FAD cases, the latter also presenting considerable amounts of Aβ37 containing NPs. In addition, both peptides were found to be present in extracellular plaques but only scarce within the vasculature in brains of a variety of transgenic AD mouse models. Taken together, our study indicates the importance of C-terminally truncated Aβ in sporadic and familial AD and raises questions about how these species are generated and regulated.

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Unknown 34 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 15%
Student > Bachelor 4 12%
Researcher 4 12%
Other 1 3%
Other 4 12%
Unknown 9 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 21%
Neuroscience 6 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Other 5 15%
Unknown 10 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 March 2016.
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#777
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#17
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