Correction: Smart Soup, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula, Ameliorates Amyloid Pathology and Related Cognitive Deficits.

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Polysaccharides from Ganoderma lucidum Promote Cognitive Function and Neural Progenitor Proliferation in Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Promoting neurogenesis is a promising strategy for the treatment of cognition impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Ganoderma lucidum is a revered medicinal mushroom for health-promoting benefits in the Orient. Here, we found that oral administration of the polysaccharides and water extract from G.

β-arrestin-1 contributes to brown fat function and directly interacts with PPARα and PPARγ.

The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) family plays central roles in brown adipose tissue (BAT) adipogenesis and contributes to body temperature maintenance. The transcriptional activity of PPAR family has been shown to be tightly controlled by cellular signal networks. β-arrestins function as major secondary messengers of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) signaling by functional interactions with diverse proteins.

γ-Secretase Modulators and Inhibitors Induce Different Conformational Changes of Presenilin 1 Revealed by FLIM and FRET.

Elucidation of γ-secretase structure and dynamic conformational changes is of importance to drug discovery targeting this enzyme. Electron microscopy analyses provided important structural information, but the dynamic changes of γ-secretase in cells need to be explored further. We found that PS1 internal fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probes can incorporate into γ-secretase complex and possess secretase activity.

Smart Soup, a traditional Chinese medicine formula, ameliorates amyloid pathology and related cognitive deficits.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes substantial public health care burdens. Intensive efforts have been made to find effective and safe disease-modifying treatment and symptomatic intervention alternatives against AD. Smart Soup (SS), a Chinese medicine formula composed of Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii (AT), Poria cum Radix Pini (PRP) and Radix Polygalae (RP), is a typical prescription against memory deficits.

β-arrestin1 regulates γ-secretase complex assembly and modulates amyloid-β pathology.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and complex neurodegenerative disease in which the γ-secretase-mediated amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology plays an important role. We found that a multifunctional protein, β-arrestin1, facilitated the formation of NCT/APH-1 (anterior pharynx-defective phenotype 1) precomplex and mature γ-secretase complex through its functional interaction with APH-1. Deficiency of β-arrestin1 or inhibition of binding of β-arrestin1 with APH-1 by small peptides reduced Aβ production without affecting Notch processing.