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The Alzheimer's prevention initiative composite cognitive test score sample size estimates for the evaluation of preclinical Alzheimer's disease treatments in
presenilin 1 E280A mutation carriers.
The Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Trial is recruiting Colombian families who carry the
presenilin 1 mutation--a virtual guarantee of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
There are three main gene mutations that have been implicated in familial Alzheimer's disease--Amyloid beta (A4) precursor protein (APP), (19)
Presenilin 1 (PSEN1) (20) and Presenilin 2 (PSEN2).
Mutations in amyloid precursor protein,
presenilin 1, and presenilin 2 have been shown to cause a change in the processing of A1342 and thus lead to AD.
Researchers in other countries report that [beta]-amyloid precursor protein (APP),
presenilin 1 (PSEN1) and presenilin 2 (PSEN2) are related to early-onset AD, [37] but there have been few studies on these genes in China.
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute in collaboration with scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) produced stem cells and neural precursor cells (NPCs), representing early neural progenitor cells that build the brain, from patients with severe early-onset AD with mutations in the
Presenilin 1 (PSEN1) gene.
Genetic markers associated with autosomal dominant early-onset (typically occurs before the age of 65 years) familial AD include mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene and in the genes for
presenilin 1 and 2 (PSEN1 and PSEN2), proteins that make up part of the secretase protein complex.
The APP cleavage is initiated by [beta]-secretase to release the Nterminal short APP[beta] leaving the C-terminal fragment-[beta] in the membrane which is sequentially hydrolyzed by the ysecretase in association with
presenilin 1 and presenilin 2 enzymes complex.