Fig. 1.
βAPP, Aβ42, and complement factor H (CFH) levels in transgenic murine models of Alzheimer’s disease (Tg-AD) mouse retina compared with the age-matched controls. The presence of βAPP and Aβ42 peptides suggests a common and functional secretase-mediated processing of βAPP in the Tg-AD retina [8,12,13]; other βAPP-derived peptide fragments in Tg-AD retina have been described [13]. As further discussed in the text, highest relative βAPP, Aβ42, and the lowest relative CFH levels were found in 5xFAD retina. A dashed horizontal line at 5.0 indicates relative CFH levels in PSAPP mice for ease of comparison; N=5; *P<0.05; **P<0.01 (analysis of variance).