Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
beta-secretase 1 measurement
Go to external page
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0009179
Quantification of the amount of beta-secretase 1 in a sample, typicallly cerebrospinal fluid. Beta-secretase-1 is an aspartic-acid protease important in the formation of myelin sheaths in peripheral nerve cells, and is thought to have a role in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis.
Term info
Label
beta-secretase 1 measurement
Synonyms
- ASP2
- BACE1
- aspartyl protease 2
- beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1
- beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1
- memapsin-2
- membrane-associated aspartic protease 2
gwas trait
true
term editor
Laura Harris
Term relations
Subclass of:
- Alzheimer's disease biomarker measurement
- brain measurement
- is_about some Alzheimer disease
- is_about some brain