Most recently, LPL has also been shown to bind to amyloid beta protein (Aβ), the peptide which comprises AD amyloid plaques, and promote cell-surface association and uptake of Aβ in mouse primary astrocytes, providing an alternative mechanism of how LPL might play a role in AD (Geldenhuys et al., 2017). The gene discussed is LPL; the disease is amyloidosis.