EGF and Alzheimer disease: In vivo, overexpression of a minireceptor of Lrp1 (EGF-precursor domain-II, TM-domain, and ICD-domain) in an AD mouse model (PDAPP) increased soluble brain Aβ (Zerbinatti et al., 2004); however, reduced levels of Lrp1 in hippocampal neurons of another AD mouse model (APP/PS1) had no effect on Aβ production (Xu et al., 2012).