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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2026

Alzheimer's disease-linked ACE variants increase ACE1 catalytic activity and production of angiotensin II.

Miranda A Salvo, Leah K Cuddy, Dmitry Prokopenko, Elyse Watkins, Rudolph E Tanzi, Robert Vassar

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Miranda A SalvoKen and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Leah K CuddyKen and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Dmitry ProkopenkoGenetics and Aging Research Unit and McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Elyse WatkinsKen and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rudolph E TanziGenetics and Aging Research Unit and McCance Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: rtanzi@mgh.harvard.edu.
Robert VassarKen and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: r-vassar@northwestern.edu.

Funding

TRAINING GRANT IN SLEEP RESEARCHT32HL007909 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI FRED W TUREK, Phyllis C. Zee · 1998 to 2026
$9.2M
Mechanisms of Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme in Alzheimer's diseaseRF1AG080092 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI VASSAR, ROBERT J · 2023 to 2023
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007909NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG080092
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is a validated risk locus for developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although ACE1 expression and enzyme activity correlate with AD diagnosis, the mechanism by which this occurs is unclear. As a cell membrane-bound and shed peptidase, ACE1 is most commonly known to produce angiotensin II (Ang II), which has been linked to AD pathogenesis but also has been shown to cleave toxic Aβ

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAngiotensin IIPeptidyl-Dipeptidase ACatalysisHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideACE protein, humanAngiotensin IIPeptidyl-Dipeptidase AAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-beta (Aβ)angiotensin IIrenin angiotensin systemsingle-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

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PMID41570992
PMCPMC12914408

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