Mechanisms of vascular aging

Z Ungvari, S Tarantini, AJ Donato, V Galvan… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Aging of the vasculature plays a central role in morbidity and mortality of older people. To
develop novel treatments for amelioration of unsuccessful vascular aging and prevention of …

Effect of rapamycin on aging and age-related diseases—past and future

R Selvarani, S Mohammed, A Richardson - Geroscience, 2021 - Springer
In 2009, rapamycin was reported to increase the lifespan of mice when implemented later in
life. This observation resulted in a sea-change in how researchers viewed aging. This was …

Vascular dementia: a microglia's perspective

Y Yang, X Zhao, Z Zhu, L Zhang - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Vascular dementia (VaD) is a second most common form of age-related dementia. It is
characterized by cognitive impairment associated with vascular pathology, symptoms mainly …

Targeting immune senescence in atherosclerosis

DM Vellasamy, SJ Lee, KW Goh, BH Goh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis is one of the main underlying causes of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). It is
associated with chronic inflammation and intimal thickening as well as the involvement of …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of mTOR protects the blood-brain barrier in models of Alzheimer's disease and vascular cognitive impairment

CE Van Skike, JB Jahrling, AB Olson… - American Journal …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
An intact blood-brain barrier (BBB) limits entry of proinflammatory and neurotoxic blood-
derived factors into the brain parenchyma. The BBB is damaged in Alzheimer's disease …

mTOR attenuation with rapamycin reverses neurovascular uncoupling and memory deficits in mice modeling Alzheimer's disease

CE Van Skike, SA Hussong, SF Hernandez… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Vascular dysfunction is a universal feature of aging and decreased cerebral blood flow has
been identified as an early event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer9s disease (AD) …

Role of age-related alterations of the cerebral venous circulation in the pathogenesis of vascular cognitive impairment

GA Fulop, S Tarantini… - American Journal …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
There has been an increasing appreciation of the role of vascular contributions to cognitive
impairment and dementia (VCID) associated with old age. Strong preclinical and …

mTOR drives cerebrovascular, synaptic, and cognitive dysfunction in normative aging

CE Van Skike, AL Lin, R Roberts Burbank… - Aging …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebrovascular dysfunction and cognitive decline are highly prevalent in aging, but the
mechanisms underlying these impairments are unclear. Cerebral blood flow decreases with …

Stroke and vascular cognitive impairment: the role of intestinal microbiota metabolite TMAO

R Tu, J Xia - CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
The gut microbiome interacts with the brain bidirectionally through the microbiome-gutbrain
axis, which plays a key role in regulating various nervous system pathophysiological …

Multifarious roles of mTOR signaling in cognitive aging and cerebrovascular dysfunction of Alzheimer's disease

MS Uddin, MA Rahman, MT Kabir, T Behl… - Iubmb …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Age‐related cognitive failure is a main devastating incident affecting even healthy people.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the utmost common form of dementia among the geriatric …