Iprotheni ye-Beta-amyloid kunye ne- plaque - le miqathango emibini enxulumene nengqondo ishintsha kwisifo se-Alzheimer. Ufuna ukwazi ngaphezulu? Nazi iinyaniso ezi-9 kuwe:
- Ukwakhiwa kweprotheni ye-beta-amyloid kwingqondo kuthathwa njengesinye sezibonakaliso zesifo se-Alzheimer . (Olunye uphawu oluphawulekayo luyi- neurofibrillary tangles .) Ezi proteins ze-beta-amyloid ziyahlanganisana ukuze zenze i-insoluble (ayikwazi ukuchithwa) iiplates ngaphandle kwe-neurons.
- Iiprotheni ze-Beta-amyloid nazo zakha kwi- synapses kwaye ziphazamise ukuxhatshazwa kwiseli enye ukuya kwenye ingqondo.
- Ngaphambi kokuba iqela le-beta-amyloid likhulu ngokwaneleyo ekuthiwa yi- plaque , ezi proteins zenza i- oligomers kuqala . I-Oligomers isanqunyulwa (iyakwazi ukuchithwa), amaqela amancinci e-beta-amyloid.
- Nangona iiplati sele zichongwe njengenye yezinto ezibangelwa yi-Alzheimer's, abaphandi baye bathetha ngoku le mibuzo, ukuchonga ii-oligomers ezichazwe ngasentla njengokuba mhlawumbi sisinye seziphumo eziphambili ekuthintela ukunxibelelana ukusuka kwiseli yeseli. Esinye isizathu ngenxa yale nto kukuba abanye abantu bane-plaque ekwakheni ingqondo, kodwa abanalo izifo zesifo se-Alzheimer .
- Ukongezelela, olunye uphando luye lwabonisa ukuba utshintsho lwezinto ezinengqiqo luqala ukuqala ngaphambi kweeprotheni ze-beta-amyloid ezivela kwiindawo ezinkulu zeplate.
- Inzululwazi ifumene iiprotheni ze-beta-amyloid ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-100 edlulileyo. Baqale bachongwa nguDkt. Alois Alzheimer ngo-1906.
- I-Beta-amyloid inxalenye yeprotheyini ekhudlwana ebizwa ngokuba ngumprotheni we-amyloid .
- Iingcaphulo ezinomdla: "Uninzi lwazinzulu lucinga ukuba iiplates ngokwenene inokuba yinto yokugqibela yecala yengqondo ukufumana le-beta-amyloid enobubi kude neurons" (i-Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Centre).
- Uphando oluqhutywe kwiziko le-UC Davis Alzheimer's Health Centre lifumene ukuba isistim somzimba siphendule ngendlela efanayo kwiplani njengoko yenza kwiibhaktheriya, okubangela ukuvuvukala kwengqondo eyonakalisa i-neurons. Ukuvuvukala kwengqondo kudibene nesifo se-Alzheimer.
Imithombo:
I-Alzheimer's Association. Uvavanyo lwe-Alzheimer Iimvavanyo ezijoliswe kwi-Beta-Amyloid kunye ne "Hypothesis" yama-Amyloid .
I-Alzheimer's Association. Emininzi Ngeentlobo.
I-DANA Foundation. I-Amyloid-Beta 'i-Oligomers' inokuthi idibanise ne-Alzheimer's Dementia. Julayi 12, 2010.
Isizwe seSizwe sokuguga. Isifo se-Alzheimer's Education and Referral Centre. NgoJanuwari 22, 2015.
I-Stanford Medicine. Izazinzulu Zichaza Indlela i-Beta-amyloid Ngayenza ngayo i-Alzheimer's. Septemba 2013.
Inkqubo yezempilo ye-UC Davis. I-Alzheimer-ebangela i-Amyloid kunye ne-Bacteria Trigger Impendulo efanayo ye-Immune response.