Oxidative stress and beta amyloid in Alzheimer's disease. Which comes first: the chicken or the egg?

E Tamagno, M Guglielmotto, V Vasciaveo, M Tabaton - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease involves β amyloid (Aβ) accumulation known to
induce synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration. The brain's vulnerability to oxidative …

Alzheimer's disease: Novel targets and investigational drugs for disease modification

JL Cummings, AML Osse, JW Kinney - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
Novel agents addressing non-amyloid, non-tau targets in Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
comprise 70% of the AD drug development pipeline of agents currently in clinical trials. Most …

Inflammation and insulin resistance as risk factors and potential therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease

A Vinuesa, C Pomilio, A Gregosa… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Overnutrition and modern diets containing high proportions of saturated fat are among the
major factors contributing to a low-grade state of inflammation, hyperglycemia and …

Statins and cognition: Modifying factors and possible underlying mechanisms

T Jamshidnejad-Tosaramandani… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Statins are a class of widely prescribed drugs used to reduce low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol (LDL-C) and important to prevent cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Most statin …

Simvastatin rescues memory and granule cell maturation through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

XK Tong, J Royea, E Hamel - Cell death & disease, 2022 - nature.com
We previously showed that simvastatin (SV) restored memory in a mouse model of
Alzheimer disease (AD) concomitantly with normalization in protein levels of memory-related …

Amyloid beta increases ABCA1 and HMGCR protein expression, and cholesterol synthesis and accumulation in mice neurons and astrocytes

S Azizidoost, H Babaahmadi-Rezaei, Z Nazeri… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Imbalanced cholesterol metabolism in the brain is one of the main
pathophysiological mechanisms involved in Alzheimer's disease. We investigated the effect …

Amyloid β, lipid metabolism, basal cholinergic system, and therapeutics in Alzheimer's disease

V Campos-Peña, P Pichardo-Rojas… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The presence of insoluble aggregates of amyloid β (Aβ) in the form of neuritic plaques (NPs)
is one of the main features that define Alzheimer's disease. Studies have suggested that the …

Current druggable targets for therapeutic control of Alzheimer's disease

GL Gupta, NP Samant - Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that has an increasingly
large burden on health and social care systems. The pathophysiology involves the …

The role of the ATP-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) in neurological disorders: a mechanistic review

T Paseban, MS Alavi, L Etemad… - Expert Opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Cholesterol homeostasis is critical for normal brain function. It is tightly
controlled by various biological elements. ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is a …

Genetic mutations of APOEε4 carriers in cardiovascular patients lead to the development of insulin resistance and risk of Alzheimer's disease

K Jabeen, K Rehman… - Journal of biochemical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease (AD), both are chronic and progressive
diseases. Many cardiovascular and genetic risk factors are considered responsible for the …