The amyloid-β oligomer hypothesis: beginning of the third decade

EN Cline, MA Bicca, KL Viola… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
The amyloid-β oligomer (AβO) hypothesis was introduced in 1998. It proposed that the brain
damage leading to Alzheimer's disease (AD) was instigated by soluble, ligand-like AβOs …

BACE1 inhibitors: Current status and future directions in treating Alzheimer's disease

NM Moussa‐Pacha, SM Abdin, HA Omar… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder
with no current cure. One of the important therapeutic approaches of AD is the inhibition of β …

Clusterin in Alzheimer's disease: mechanisms, genetics, and lessons from other pathologies

EM Foster, A Dangla-Valls, S Lovestone… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Clusterin (CLU) or APOJ is a multifunctional glycoprotein that has been implicated in several
physiological and pathological states, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). With a prominent …

Alzheimer's disease risk genes and mechanisms of disease pathogenesis

CM Karch, AM Goate - Biological psychiatry, 2015 - Elsevier
We review the genetic risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their role in
AD pathogenesis. More recent advances in understanding of the human genome …

Clearance of cerebral Aβ in Alzheimer's disease: reassessing the role of microglia and monocytes

L Zuroff, D Daley, KL Black… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Deficiency in cerebral amyloid β-protein (Aβ) clearance is implicated in the pathogenesis of
the common late-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Accumulation of misfolded Aβ in …

Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

D Harold, R Abraham, P Hollingworth, R Sims… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
We undertook a two-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) of Alzheimer's disease
(AD) involving over 16,000 individuals, the most powerful AD GWAS to date. In stage 1 …

Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer's disease

JC Lambert, S Heath, G Even, D Campion, K Sleegers… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
The gene encoding apolipoprotein E (APOE) on chromosome 19 is the only confirmed
susceptibility locus for late-onset Alzheimer's disease. To identify other risk loci, we …

Amyloid β-Peptide (1–42)-Induced Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer Disease: Importance in Disease Pathogenesis and Progression

DA Butterfield, AM Swomley… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Alzheimer disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disease. AD is
characterized by progressive cognitive impairment. One of the main histopathological …

Molecular mechanisms and genetics of oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease

F Cioffi, RHI Adam, K Broersen - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder that can cause
dementia in elderly over 60 years of age. One of the disease hallmarks is oxidative stress …

Diffusible, nonfibrillar ligands derived from Aβ1–42 are potent central nervous system neurotoxins

MP Lambert, AK Barlow, BA Chromy… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
Aβ1–42 is a self-associating peptide whose neurotoxic derivatives are thought to play a role
in Alzheimer's pathogenesis. Neurotoxicity of amyloid β protein (Aβ) has been attributed to …