The amyloid hypothesis in Alzheimer disease: new insights from new therapeutics

E Karran, B De Strooper - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Many drugs that target amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer disease (AD) have failed to demonstrate
clinical efficacy. However, four anti-Aβ antibodies have been shown to mediate the removal …

Impact of anti-amyloid-β monoclonal antibodies on the pathology and clinical profile of Alzheimer's disease: a focus on aducanumab and lecanemab

M Shi, F Chu, F Zhu, J Zhu - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of age-related dementia in the world,
and its main pathological features consist of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaque deposits and …

[HTML][HTML] Two phase 3 trials of gantenerumab in early Alzheimer's disease

RJ Bateman, J Smith, MC Donohue… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid-beta (Aβ) have the potential to slow
cognitive and functional decline in persons with early Alzheimer's disease. Gantenerumab is …

[HTML][HTML] Lecanemab, aducanumab, and gantenerumab—binding profiles to different forms of amyloid-beta might explain efficacy and side effects in clinical trials for …

L Söderberg, M Johannesson, P Nygren, H Laudon… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy against amyloid-beta (Aβ) is a promising option for the treatment of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aβ exists as various species, including monomers, oligomers …

Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease: Targeting β-amyloid and beyond

C Song, J Shi, P Zhang, Y Zhang, J Xu, L Zhao… - Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly
worldwide. However, the complexity of AD pathogenesis leads to discrepancies in the …

Clinical trials of new drugs for Alzheimer disease

LK Huang, SP Chao, CJ Hu - Journal of biomedical science, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer disease (AD) accounts for 60–70% of dementia cases. Given the seriousness of
the disease and continual increase in patient numbers, developing effective therapies to …

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 …

Anti-amyloid antibody therapies in Alzheimer's disease

R Perneczky, F Jessen, T Grimmer, J Levin, A Flöel… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
After years of failed attempts to develop a disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer's
disease, consistent evidence in support of clinical efficacy was finally presented for a …

Mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

M Yokoyama, H Kobayashi, L Tatsumi… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by memory loss
and personality changes, eventually leading to dementia. The pathological hallmarks of AD …