Targeting systemic innate immune cells as a therapeutic avenue for Alzheimer disease

V Pons, S Rivest - Pharmacological Reviews, 2022 - ASPET
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the first progressive neurodegenerative disease worldwide, and
the disease is characterized by an accumulation of amyloid in the brain and …

[HTML][HTML] The “glymphatic” mechanism for solute clearance in Alzheimer's disease: game changer or unproven speculation?

AJ Smith, AS Verkman - The FASEB Journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
How solutes and macromolecules are removed from brain tissue is of central importance in
normal brain physiology and in how toxic protein aggregates are cleared in …

White matter changes in dementia: role of impaired drainage of interstitial fluid

RO Weller, CA Hawkes, RN Kalaria… - Brain …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
White matter abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are associated with
dementia and include white matter hyperintensities (WMH; also termed leukoaraiosis) and …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated view on vascular dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

J Klohs - Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2020 - karger.com
Background: Cerebrovascular disease is a common comorbidity in patients with Alzheimer's
disease (AD). It is believed to contribute additively to the cognitive impairment and to lower …

Alzheimer disease

AL Calderon-Garcidueñas, C Duyckaerts - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Alzheimer disease neuropathology is characterized by the extracellular accumulation of Aβ
peptide and intracellular aggregation of hyperphosphorylated tau. With the progression of …

Clinical considerations in early-onset cerebral amyloid angiopathy

G Banerjee, J Collinge, NC Fox, T Lashley, S Mead… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is an important cerebral small vessel disease
associated with brain haemorrhage and cognitive change. The commonest form, sporadic …

Impaired Aβ clearance: a potential link between atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease

A Gupta, C Iadecola - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and atherosclerosis remain two of the largest public health
burdens in the world today. Although traditionally considered distinct pathological entities …

Failure of perivascular drainage of β‐amyloid in cerebral amyloid angiopathy

CA Hawkes, N Jayakody, DA Johnston… - Brain …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In Alzheimer's disease, amyloid‐β (Aβ) accumulates as insoluble plaques in the brain and
deposits in blood vessel walls as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). The severity of CAA …

Drainage of cells and soluble antigen from the CNS to regional lymph nodes

JD Laman, RO Weller - Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology, 2013 - Springer
Despite the absence of conventional lymphatics, there is efficient drainage of both
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and interstitial fluid (ISF) from the CNS to regional lymph nodes …

Where are we? The anatomy of the murine cortical meninges revisited for intravital imaging, immunology, and clearance of waste from the brain

JA Coles, E Myburgh, JM Brewer… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rapid progress is being made in understanding the roles of the cerebral meninges in the
maintenance of normal brain function, in immune surveillance, and as a site of disease. Most …