BACE1 and Alzheimer disease: We will review a number of studies linking miRNAs with differential expression and pathology in AD such as deposition of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, as well as more specific pathway interactions and regulatory functions of the amyloid pathway, including regulation of amyloid protein precursor (APP) and beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1 or β-secretase), a protease that cleaves APP to generate Aβ.