Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Inhibition of delta-secretase improves cognitive functions in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease

  • Zhentao Zhang,
  • Obiamaka Obianyo,
  • Elfriede Dall,
  • Yuhong Du,
  • Haian Fu,
  • Xia Liu,
  • Seong Su Kang,
  • Mingke Song,
  • Shan-Ping Yu,
  • Chiara Cabrele,
  • Mario Schubert,
  • Xiaoguang Li,
  • Jian-Zhi Wang,
  • Hans Brandstetter,
  • Keqiang Ye

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14740
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Delta-secretases are associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as they cleave both amyloid precursor protein and tau. Here the authors develop a series of orally bioactive small molecule delta-secretase inhibitors and report its therapeutic effects in mouse models of AD.