Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Aging: JACC Focus Seminar

M Cortes-Canteli, C Iadecola - Journal of the American College of …, 2020 - jacc.org
Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia in the elderly, is a neurodegenerative
condition characterized by accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in …

Extracellular protein components of amyloid plaques and their roles in Alzheimer's disease pathology

MM Rahman, C Lendel - Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is pathologically defined by the presence of fibrillar amyloid β (Aβ)
peptide in extracellular senile plaques and tau filaments in intracellular neurofibrillary …

[HTML][HTML] Fibrinogen induces microglia-mediated spine elimination and cognitive impairment in an Alzheimer's disease model

M Merlini, VA Rafalski, PER Coronado, TM Gill… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Cerebrovascular alterations are a key feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis.
However, whether vascular damage contributes to synaptic dysfunction and how it …

Tipping points in neurodegeneration

M Simons, J Levin, M Dichgans - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), Aβ deposits form slowly, several decades before further
pathological events trigger neurodegeneration and dementia. However, a substantial …

No effects without causes: the Iron Dysregulation and Dormant Microbes hypothesis for chronic, inflammatory diseases

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the successful conquest of many acute, communicable (infectious) diseases through
the use of vaccines and antibiotics, the currently most prevalent diseases are chronic and …

Transthyretin: from structural stability to osteoarticular and cardiovascular diseases

E Wieczorek, A Ożyhar - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transthyretin (TTR) is a tetrameric protein transporting hormones in the plasma and brain,
which has many other activities that have not been fully acknowledged. TTR is a positive …

Vascular Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease: Alterations in the Plasma Contact and Fibrinolytic Systems

A Badimon, D Torrente, EH Norris - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting millions
of people worldwide. The classical hallmarks of AD include extracellular beta-amyloid (Aβ) …

Functional mammalian amyloids and amyloid-like proteins

MS Rubel, SA Fedotov, AV Grizel, JV Sopova… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Amyloids are highly ordered fibrous cross-β protein aggregates that are notorious primarily
because of association with a variety of incurable human and animal diseases (termed …

Long-term dabigatran treatment delays Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis in the TgCRND8 mouse model

M Cortes-Canteli, A Kruyer, I Fernandez-Nueda… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder with
important vascular and hemostatic alterations that should be taken into account during …

Thromboembolic and bleeding events in transthyretin amyloidosis and coagulation system abnormalities: a review

A Napolitano, L De Michieli, G Sinigiani… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a group of diseases caused by the deposition of
insoluble fibrils derived from misfolded transthyretin, which compromises the structure and …