Use of in Vivo Models to Study the Role of Cholesterol in the Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease

M Burns, K Duff - Neurochemical research, 2003 - Springer
Cholesterol has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, both through
intracellular effects, and through an extracellular effect due to its physical interaction with …

[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol and the biology of Alzheimer's disease

B Wolozin - Neuron, 2004 - cell.com
Recent results implicating cholesterol metabolism in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) bring cholesterol to the forefront of AD research. Research from genetics …

Cholesterol: from heart attacks to Alzheimer's disease

RL Raffaï, KH Weisgraber - Journal of lipid research, 2003 - ASBMB
The accumulation and aggregation of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) in the brain are important
contributing factors to Alzheimer's disease (AD). Consequently, blocking the generation of …

Cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease: a still poorly understood correlation

R Ricciarelli, E Canepa, B Marengo, UM Marinari… - IUBMB …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A large amount of evidence suggests a pathogenic link between cholesterol homeostasis
dysregulation and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In cell culture systems, the production of …

Cholesterol as a causative factor in Alzheimer's disease: a debatable hypothesis

WG Wood, L Li, WE Müller… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
High serum/plasma cholesterol levels have been suggested as a risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Some reports, mostly retrospective epidemiological studies, have observed a …

A cholesterol-lowering drug reduces β-amyloid pathology in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

LM Refolo, MA Pappolla, J LaFrancois, B Malester… - Neurobiology of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory studies suggest that cholesterol may play a role in
the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Transgenic mice exhibiting an Alzheimer's β …

Cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease: Statins, cholesterol depletion in APP processing and Aβ generation

T Hartman - Alzheimer's Disease: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of …, 2005 - Springer
Molecular and more specifically subcellular analyses of the neurodegenerative mechanisms
involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) had been considered most of the time an interplay of …

Cholesterol and pathological processes in Alzheimer's disease

K Yanagisawa - Journal of neuroscience research, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Fundamental questions on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are how nontoxic,
soluble amyloid β‐protein (Aβ) is converted to its toxic, aggregated form and how functional …

The link between altered cholesterol metabolism and Alzheimer's disease

P Gamba, G Testa, B Sottero, S Gargiulo… - Annals of the New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is characterized by the
progressive loss of neurons and synapses, and by extracellular deposits of amyloid‐β (Aβ) …

Cholesterol and amyloid β fibrillogenesis

K Yanagisawa - Alzheimer's Disease: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of …, 2005 - Springer
Evidence is accumulating to suggest that cholesterol is a potent risk factor for the
development of Alzheimer's disease. An increase in cholesterol level in neuronal …