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 …

[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 modulation as an emerging strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

TE Golde, CB Eckman - Drug Discovery Today, 2001 - Elsevier
The basis for therapeutic strategies targeting the amyloid-β protein (Aβ) has come from
studies showing that accumulation and aggregation of the Aβ within the brain is likely to …

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 …

Regulation of cerebral cholesterol metabolism in Alzheimer disease

AB Reiss, I Voloshyna - Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder that manifests as a
progressive loss of memory and deterioration of higher cognitive functions. Alzheimer …

Cholesterol and apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease

AB Reiss - American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in North America and
Europe. The incidence of the disease rises dramatically with age. AD is a complex …

The link between cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease

M Sjögren, K Blennow - The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
A leading hypothesis on the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the mis-
metabolism of amyloid precursor protein. This mis-metabolism causes the 42-amino acid …

Cholesterol homeostasis and the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease

JF Blain, J Poirier - Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The past 4 years have seen a growing interest in cholesterol metabolism and its relationship
to Alzheimer's disease. From the first report linking cholesterol and β-amyloid metabolisms …

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) …

The role of cholesterol in pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: dual metabolic interaction between amyloid β-protein and cholesterol

M Michikawa - Molecular neurobiology, 2003 - Springer
The implication that cholesterol plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) is based on the 1993 finding that the presence of apolipoprotein E (apoE) …