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            Table 5. Neuropathology and physicochemical properties associated with 20 different mutations of amyloid precursor protein
            Mutation subtype            Neuropathology                        Physicochemical properties
                             CAA    Amyloid   Fibrillary   Aß     Instability index   Number of toxic   Structural mutation
                            present  plaques  tangles  deposition    category      epitopes   location
            KM670/671NL (Swe)                                      1 - (40 – 40.5)  33 (B - 9 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            A673V                      Y        Y      Y-cerebellum   2 - (40.5 – 41)  36 (B - 13 T - 23)  Aß peptide domain
                                                          only
            D678N (Tot)       N                                    2 - (40.5 – 41)  35 (B - 11 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            D678H (Tai)       Y                           Y        1 - (40 – 40.5)  31 (B - 7 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            A692G (Fle)       Y        Y        Y                  2 - (40.5 – 41)  33 (B - 9 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            E693Del (Osa)              Y        N         Y        1 - (40 – 40.5)  36 (B - 12 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            E693G (Arctic)    Y        Y        Y         Y        1 - (40 – 40.5)  36 (B - 12 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            D694N (Iowa)      Y        Y        Y         Y        1 - (40 – 40.5)  35 (B - 11 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            T714A (Ira)       Y                                    2 - (40.5 – 41)  35 (B - 11 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            T714I (Austrian)                                       2 - (40.5 – 41)  36 (B - 12 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            V715A (Ger)                                            2 - (40.5 – 41)  38 (B - 14 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            V715M (Fre)                                            2 - (40.5 – 41)  35 (B - 11 T - 24)  Aß peptide domain
            I716F (Ibe)                Y        Y                  2 - (40.5 – 41)  34 (B - 10 T - 24)  Aß precursor protein
                                                                                              C-terminus
            V717F (Ind)                                            2 - (40.5 – 41)  34 (B - 10 T - 24)  Aß precursor protein
                                                                                              C-terminus
            V717G                                                  2 - (40.5 – 41)  36 (B - 12 T - 24)  Aß precursor protein
                                                                                              C-terminus
            V717I (Lon)       Y                                    2 - (40.5 – 41)  33 (B - 9 T - 24)  Aß precursor protein
                                                                                              C-terminus
            V717L                                                    3 - (41+)   31 (B - 7 T - 24)  Aß precursor protein
                                                                                              C-terminus
            T719N                                                  2 - (40.5 – 41)  34 (B - 10 T - 24)  Aß precursor protein
                                                                                              C-terminus
            M722K                                       Y-Increase   2 - (40.5 – 41)  36 (B - 12 T - 24)  Aß precursor protein
                                                       Aß40/Aß42                              C-terminus
            L723P (Australian)                          Y-Increase   3 - (41+)   33 (B - 10 T - 23)  Aß precursor protein
                                                         Aß42                                 C-terminus
            Abbreviations: CAA: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; N: Absence; Y: Presence.

            failure, aphasia, and behavioral abnormalities [11,14,51,52] . Of   (CAA, amyloid plaques, and fibrillary tangles) [14,15,49] ,
                                                                                                           [18]
            note, dyscalculia was associated with four different APP   Osaka mutation (amyloid plaques and Aβ deposition) ,
            mutations, including Indiana, London, V717G, and V717L   A673V mutation (amyloid plaques, fibrillary tangles, and
            mutations . More importantly, mutations occurring   Aβ deposition) , Iranian mutation (CAA) , Iberian
                                                                                                    [14]
                                                                            [16]
                    [15]
            between locations 714 and 717 (Austrian, French,   mutation  (amyloid  plaques  and   neurofibrillary
            Indiana, London, V717G, and V717L) demonstrated    tangles) , M722K and Australian mutation (increase
                                                                     [55]
            the highest variety of symptoms, with seizures and/or   Aβ42 deposition) [54,56] , and London mutation (CAA)
                                                                                                           [14]
            myoclonus occurring across mutations from location 714   were identified through extensive literature search. No
            onwards [15,50,52-54] . The age of onset for mutations located   such features were found in the literature for the Swedish,
            between 714 and 717 is lower on average, while the average   Austrian, German, French, Indiana, V717G, V717L, and
            II is slightly higher. Interestingly, most of these mutations   T719N mutations.
            occur in the C-terminus of the Aβ precursor protein.
                                                                 Mutations located between positions 670 to 694
              The neuropathological features associated with the   (A673V, Flemish, Osaka, Arctic, and Iowa) are generally
            Arctic and Iowa mutation (CAA, amyloid plaques, fibrillary   associated with a later age of onset and a lower symptom
            tangles,  and  Aβ  deposition) [14,15,49] ,  Flemish  mutation   burden. However, they exhibit a higher incidence of CAA


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