New pathways identify novel drug targets for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

B Penke, M Szűcs, F Bogár - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an incurable, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. AD is a
complex and multifactorial disease that is responsible for 60–80% of dementia cases. Aging …

Revised criteria for diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer's disease: Alzheimer's Association Workgroup

CR Jack Jr, JS Andrews, TG Beach… - Alzheimer's & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association convened three
separate work groups in 2011 and single work groups in 2012 and 2018 to create …

Stimulation of TREM2 with agonistic antibodies—an emerging therapeutic option for Alzheimer's disease

K Schlepckow, E Morenas-Rodríguez, S Hong… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, are associated with
microgliosis. Microglia have long been considered to have detrimental roles in Alzheimer's …

Microglial Reactivity Correlates with Presynaptic Loss Independent of β‐Amyloid and Tau

G Lan, X Chen, J Yang, P Sun, Y Cai, A Li… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells‐2 (TREM2) and progranulin
(PGRN) are critical regulators of microglia activation and can be detected in cerebrospinal …

[HTML][HTML] Proteome-wide analysis identifies plasma immune regulators of amyloid-beta progression

MR Duggan, GT Gomez, CM Joynes, M Bilgel… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
While immune function is known to play a mechanistic role in Alzheimer's disease (AD),
whether immune proteins in peripheral circulation influence the rate of amyloid-β (Aβ) …

Soluble TREM2 concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid correlate with the severity of neurofibrillary degeneration, cognitive impairment, and inflammasome activation …

E Španić Popovački, M Babić Leko… - Neurology …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Individuals with specific TREM2 gene variants that encode for a Triggering
Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 have a higher prevalence of Alzheimer's disease …

MerTK is a mediator of alpha-synuclein fibril uptake by human microglia

MF Dorion, M Yaqubi, K Senkevich, NW Kieran… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase that mediates non-inflammatory,
homeostatic phagocytosis of diverse types of cellular debris. Highly expressed on the …

Expression of INPP5D Isoforms in Human Brain: Impact of Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology and Genetics

DJ Zajac, J Simpson, E Zhang, I Parikh, S Estus - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The single nucleotide polymorphisms rs35349669 and rs10933431 within Inositol
Polyphosphate-5-Phosphatase D (INPP5D) are strongly associated with Alzheimer's …

Neuroinflammation Biomarkers in the AT (N) Framework Across the Alzheimer's Disease Continuum

A Bieger, A Rocha, B Bellaver, L Machado… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
In the past years, neuroinflammation has been widely investigated in Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Evidence from animal, in vivo and post-mortem studies has shown that inflammatory …

sTREM2 is associated with attenuated tau aggregate accumulation in the presence of amyloid-β pathology

F Nabizadeh - Brain Communications, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cell 2 (TREM2) plays a crucial role in
the transition of microglia from a state of homeostasis to a state associated with the disease …