Sentences with phrase «role of amyloid precursor protein»
Role of amyloid precursor protein (APP) in brain development and implications for Down syndrome
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IRON overload may accelerate Alzheimer's disease, according to research that also reveals the role of beta - amyloid precursor protein (APP), which forms plaques in affected brains.
«What's distinct here is a regulatory role whereby the prion protein inhibits production of amyloid beta peptide from its precursor protein,» says Millhauser.
One interesting hypothesis by the study authors looks at the role that thyroid hormone plays in regulating the expression of a gene called the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which has a role in Alzheimer's.
Using blood collected from elderly persons aged up to one hundred and demonstrating no cognitive impairment, the researchers isolated precisely those immune cells whose antibodies are able to identify toxic beta - amyloid plaques but not the amyloid precursor protein that is present throughout the human body and that presumably plays an important role in the growth of nerve cells.
Understanding the role of soy constituents, such as daidzein, on AβPP (amyloid - β protein precursor) synthesis and metabolism and modulation of intake during pregnancy and infancy could reduce seizure incidence and prevent neurological damage.»