"Amyloid formation" refers to the process in which proteins in the body clump together abnormally, forming structures called amyloid plaques. These plaques can accumulate in different organs or tissues, disrupting their normal function and potentially leading to various diseases, such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.
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- Additional experiments with cultured cells suggested that the mutation interferes with one of the enzymes that breaks down the APP protein and causes a 40 % reduction in β amyloid formation, Stefansson and colleagues report online today in Nature. (sciencemag.org)
- Biochemist Nigel Hooper of the University of Leeds in England and his colleagues found that high levels of normal prion proteins in human cells prevent beta - amyloid formation by inhibiting an enzyme called beta - secretase. (scientificamerican.com)
- One of the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease is amyloid formation of a particular human protein, called alpha - synuclein. (technologyalpha.net)
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