Physiology and pharmacology of amyloid precursor protein

Y Cho, HG Bae, E Okun, TV Arumugam… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is an evolutionarily conserved transmembrane protein and
a well-characterized precursor protein of amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides, which accumulate in …

Sexual dimorphism in predisposition to Alzheimer's disease

DW Fisher, DA Bennett, H Dong - Neurobiology of aging, 2018 - Elsevier
Clinical studies indicate that Alzheimer's disease (AD) disproportionately affects women in
both disease prevalence and rate of symptom progression, but the mechanisms underlying …

Intracellular cAMP sensor EPAC: physiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutics development

WG Robichaux III, X Cheng - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
This review focuses on one family of the known cAMP receptors, the exchange proteins
directly activated by cAMP (EPACs), also known as the cAMP-regulated guanine nucleotide …

Cardiac roles of serotonin (5-HT) and 5-HT-receptors in health and disease

J Neumann, B Hofmann, S Dhein, U Gergs - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Serotonin acts solely via 5-HT4-receptors to control human cardiac contractile function. The
effects of serotonin via 5-HT4-receptors lead to positive inotropic and chronotropic effects, as …

Pharmacotherapies for Alzheimer's disease: beyond cholinesterase inhibitors

HO Tayeb, HD Yang, BH Price, FI Tarazi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2012 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of memory impairment and dementia in
the elderly. AD is pathologically characterized by extracellular deposits of beta-amyloid (Aβ) …

An antidepressant decreases CSF Aβ production in healthy individuals and in transgenic AD mice

YI Sheline, T West, K Yarasheski, R Swarm… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
Serotonin signaling suppresses generation of amyloid-β (Aβ) in vitro and in animal models
of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We show that in an aged transgenic AD mouse model …

The serotonergic system in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

JJ Rodríguez, HN Noristani, A Verkhratsky - Progress in neurobiology, 2012 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the major neurodegenerative diseases that deteriorates
cognitive functions and primarily affects associated brain regions involved in learning and …

The role of G protein-coupled receptors in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease

A Thathiah, B De Strooper - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2011 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in numerous key neurotransmitter
systems in the brain that are disrupted in Alzheimer's disease (AD). GPCRs also directly …

A role for the 5-HT1A, 5-HT4 and 5-HT6 receptors in learning and memory

MV King, CA Marsden, KCF Fone - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2008 - cell.com
The serotonergic system is implicated in the neurobiological control of learning and memory,
both in healthy individuals and pathological disorders, although the underlying mechanisms …

The non-amyloidogenic pathway: structure and function of α-secretases

E Kojro, F Fahrenholz - … Disease: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of …, 2005 - Springer
The amyloid cascade hypothesis is the most accepted explanation for the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). APP is the precursor of the amyloid β peptide (Aβ), the principal …