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Alzheimer disease is characterized by accumulation of amyloid deposits in the brain.
In this issue of PLoS Biology , Marina Botto and her colleagues have tested this hypothesis by taking one of their knockout models for SLE, the serum amyloid P component deficient mouse ( Apcs −/− ) (Bygrave et al.
Amyloidogenic (“amyloid generating”) cleavage by an enzyme called beta-secretase yields “sticky” Aβ peptides that aggregate to form deposits, whereas non-amyloidogenic cleavage by alpha-secretases generates soluble peptides that do not form deposits.
Atorvastatin was shown to lower brain amyloid load and Aß levels, but brain cholesterol levels were unaffected by the drug [7].
Serum amyloid P component binds to debris generated from dying cells.