Alzheimer's disease: Recent treatment strategies

M Vaz, S Silvestre - European journal of pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Alzheimer Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by two
neuropathological hallmarks: extracellular deposition of amyloid plaques and intracellular …

Aducanumab, gantenerumab, BAN2401, and ALZ-801—the first wave of amyloid-targeting drugs for Alzheimer's disease with potential for near term approval

M Tolar, S Abushakra, JA Hey, A Porsteinsson… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2020 - Springer
The body of evidence suggesting a causative, initiating role of beta amyloid (Aβ) in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is substantial. Yet, only a few anti-amyloid agents …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer disease—one peptide, two pathways

SM Greenberg, BJ Bacskai… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The shared role of amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and
Alzheimer disease (AD) is arguably the clearest instance of crosstalk between …

The path forward in Alzheimer's disease therapeutics: reevaluating the amyloid cascade hypothesis

M Tolar, S Abushakra, M Sabbagh - Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of disease‐modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) has
been challenging, with no drugs approved to date. The failures of several amyloid‐targeted …

Treatment of Alzheimer's disease and blood–brain barrier drug delivery

WM Pardridge - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the enormity of the societal and health burdens caused by Alzheimer's disease
(AD), there have been no FDA approvals for new therapeutics for AD since 2003. This …

Acute targeting of pre-amyloid seeds in transgenic mice reduces Alzheimer-like pathology later in life

RE Uhlmann, C Rother, J Rasmussen, J Schelle… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits are a relatively late consequence of Aβ aggregation in Alzheimer's
disease. When pathogenic Aβ seeds begin to form, propagate and spread is not known, nor …

Revisiting the intersection of amyloid, pathologically modified tau and iron in Alzheimer's disease from a ferroptosis perspective

PJ Derry, ML Hegde, GR Jackson, R Kayed… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The complexity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) complicates the search for effective treatments.
While the key roles of pathologically modified proteins has occupied a central role in …

Clearance of interstitial fluid (ISF) and CSF (CLIC) group—part of Vascular Professional Interest Area (PIA) Cerebrovascular disease and the failure of elimination of …

RO Carare, R Aldea, N Agarwal… - Alzheimer's & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Two of the key functions of arteries in the brain are (1) the well‐recognized supply of blood
via the vascular lumen and (2) the emerging role for the arterial walls as routes for the …

Oral health and care for elderly people with Alzheimer's disease

SS Gao, CH Chu, FYF Young - International journal of environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dementia is one of the main causes of disability among elderly people. It is a progressive
neurodegenerative disease that affects elderly people's ability to perform daily living …

Symptomatic amyloid‐related imaging abnormalities in an APOE ε4/ε4 patient treated with aducanumab

L VandeVrede, DM Gibbs, M Koestler… - Alzheimer's & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Amyloid‐related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) are a common, dose‐dependent
effect of amyloid‐targeting antibodies, strongly associated with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) …