Publications by Hermeto Gerber

The metalloprotease ADAMTS4 generates N-truncated A4-x species and marks oligodendrocytes as a source of amyloidogenic peptides in Alzheimer's disease

Patrick Fraering, Mitko Dimitrov, Hermeto Gerber, Sandra Lehmann

Brain accumulation and aggregation of amyloid- (A) peptides is a critical step in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Full-length A peptides (mainly A1-40 and A1-42) are produced through sequential proteolytic cleavage of the amyloid precursor pr ...

SPRINGER2019

Zinc and Copper Differentially Modulate Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing by -Secretase and Amyloid- Peptide Production

Patrick Fraering, Mitko Dimitrov, Hermeto Gerber, Guillermo Miguel Garcia Osuna

Recent evidence suggests involvement of biometal homeostasis in the pathological mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease (AD). For example, increased intracellular copper or zinc has been linked to a reduction in secreted levels of the AD-causing amyloid- peptid ...

Amer Soc Biochemistry Molecular Biology Inc2017

The lipidome associated with the gamma-secretase complex is required for its integrity and activity

Henning Paul-Julius Stahlberg, Patrick Fraering, Hermeto Gerber, Guillermo Miguel Garcia Osuna

gamma-Secretase is a multi-subunit membrane protease complex that catalyses the final intramembrane cleavage of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) during the neuronal production of amyloid-beta peptides (A beta), which are implicated as the causative ...

Portland Press Ltd2016

Inhibition of Notch pathway arrests PTEN-deficient advanced prostate cancer by triggering p27-driven cellular senescence

Patrick Fraering, Mitko Dimitrov, Hermeto Gerber, Maria Luna Perciato, Jingjing Chen, Andrea Rinaldi

Activation of NOTCH signalling is associated with advanced prostate cancer and treatment resistance in prostate cancer patients. However, the mechanism that drives NOTCH activation in prostate cancer remains still elusive. Moreover, preclinical evidence of ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Production of active glycosylation-deficient gamma-secretase complex for crystallization studies

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Patrick Fraering, Mitko Dimitrov, Andres Ricardo Lopez Robles, Hermeto Gerber, Virginie Sandra Braman

Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated gamma-secretase is a ubiquitously expressed multi-subunit protease complex embedded in the lipid bilayer of cellular compartments including endosomes and the plasma membrane. Although gamma-secretase is of crucial intere ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015