Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

The physiological roles of tau and Aβ: implications for Alzheimer's disease pathology and therapeutics

SA Kent, TL Spires-Jones, CS Durrant - Acta neuropathologica, 2020 - Springer
Tau and amyloid beta (Aβ) are the prime suspects for driving pathology in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and, as such, have become the focus of therapeutic development. Recent …

The physiological roles of amyloid-β peptide hint at new ways to treat Alzheimer's disease

HM Brothers, ML Gosztyla… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Amyloid-ß (Aß) is best known as the misfolded peptide that is involved in the pathogenesis
of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and it is currently the primary therapeutic target in attempts to …

The amyloid cascade hypothesis in Alzheimer's disease: it's time to change our mind

R Ricciarelli, E Fedele - Current neuropharmacology, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Since its discovery in 1984, the beta amyloid peptide has treaded the boards of
neurosciences as the star molecule in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. In the last decade …

Amyloid-beta and phosphorylated tau accumulations cause abnormalities at synapses of Alzheimer's disease neurons

R Rajmohan, PH Reddy - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Amyloid-beta (Aß) and hyperphosphorylated tau are hallmark lesions of Alzheimer's disease
(AD). However, the loss of synapses and dysfunctions of neurotransmission are more …

Soluble amyloid-β oligomers as synaptotoxins leading to cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

ST Ferreira, MV Lourenco, MM Oliveira… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and affects
millions of people worldwide. As the number of AD cases continues to increase in both …

Therapies for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

J Mendiola-Precoma, LC Berumen… - BioMed research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia associated with a
progressive neurodegenerative disorder, with a prevalence of 44 million people throughout …

Questions concerning the role of amyloid-β in the definition, aetiology and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

GP Morris, IA Clark, B Vissel - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
The dominant hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) aetiology, the neuropathological
guidelines for diagnosing AD and the majority of high-profile therapeutic efforts, in both …

The immunopathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease is related to the composition of gut microbiota

F Leblhuber, D Ehrlich, K Steiner, S Geisler, D Fuchs… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The microbiota–gut–brain axis plays an important role in the development of
neurodegenerative diseases. Commensal and pathogenic enteric bacteria can influence …

Function and toxicity of amyloid beta and recent therapeutic interventions targeting amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease

K Rajasekhar, M Chakrabarti… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloidogenesis has been implicated in a broad spectrum of diseases in which amyloid
protein is invariably misfolded and deposited in cells and organs. Alzheimer's disease is one …