Diabetic vascular diseases: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

Y Li, Y Liu, S Liu, M Gao, W Wang, K Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Vascular complications of diabetes pose a severe threat to human health. Prevention and
treatment protocols based on a single vascular complication are no longer suitable for the …

Elevating the levels of calcium ions exacerbate Alzheimer's disease via inducing the production and aggregation of β-amyloid protein and phosphorylated tau

PP Guan, LL Cao, P Wang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a high incidence rate. The
main pathological features of AD are β-amyloid plaques (APs), which are formed by β …

Cognitive deficit in amyloid-β–injected mice was improved by pretreatment with a low dose of telmisartan partly because of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor …

K Tsukuda, M Mogi, J Iwanami, LJ Min, A Sakata… - …, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
The pathological hallmark of Alzheimer disease is deposition of amyloid-β protein (Aβ) in the
brain. Telmisartan is a unique angiotensin II receptor blocker with peroxisome proliferator …

Calcium dysregulation and neuroinflammation: discrete and integrated mechanisms for age-related synaptic dysfunction

DM Sama, CM Norris - Ageing research reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Some of the best biomarkers of age-related cognitive decline are closely linked to synaptic
function and plasticity. This review highlights several age-related synaptic alterations as they …

Calcium channel blockers: The effect of glutathione S‐Transferase enzyme activity and molecular docking studies

C Türkeş, AÖ Kesebir, Y Demir, Öİ Küfrevioğlu… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, as a drug target in cancer treatment, the superfamily of glutathione S‐transferase
(GSTs, EC 2.5. 1.18) have been invited considerable interest by scientists. In particular, as …

Does treating vascular risk factors prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis

SC Larsson, HS Markus - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Background: Epidemiological evidence has associated Alzheimer's disease (AD) with
vascular risk factors (VRFs), but whether treatment of VRFs reduces the incidence of …

Continuous activation of renin-angiotensin system impairs cognitive function in renin/angiotensinogen transgenic mice

S Inaba, M Iwai, M Furuno, Y Tomono, H Kanno… - …, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
We examined the possibility that continuous activation of the human brain renin-angiotensin
system causes cognitive impairment, using human renin (hRN) and human angiotensinogen …

Deficiency of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 causes deterioration of cognitive function

XL Wang, J Iwanami, LJ Min, K Tsukuda… - npj Aging and …, 2016 - nature.com
The classical renin–angiotensin system (RAS), known as the angiotensin (Ang)-converting
enzyme (ACE)/Ang II/Ang II type 1 (AT1) receptor axis, induces various organ damages …

Administration of bovine casein-derived peptide prevents cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease model mice

LJ Min, Y Kobayashi, M Mogi, K Tsukuda, A Yamada… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
There is a growing interest in identifying natural food ingredients that may serve to prevent
dementia such as that due to Alzheimer disease (AD). Peptides derived from food proteins …

Direct stimulation of angiotensin II type 2 receptor enhances spatial memory

F Jing, M Mogi, A Sakata, J Iwanami… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
We examined the possibility that direct stimulation of the angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor
by a newly generated direct AT2 receptor agonist, Compound 21 (C21), enhances cognitive …