Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

The complexity of tau in Alzheimer's disease

NN Naseri, H Wang, J Guo, M Sharma, W Luo - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by two major pathological lesions in the brain,
amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed mainly of amyloid-β (Aβ) …

Proteolytic ectodomain shedding of membrane proteins in mammals—hardware, concepts, and recent developments

SF Lichtenthaler, MK Lemberg, R Fluhrer - The EMBO journal, 2018 - embopress.org
Proteolytic removal of membrane protein ectodomains (ectodomain shedding) is a post‐
translational modification that controls levels and function of hundreds of membrane …

Dendritic tau in Alzheimer's disease

A Ittner, LM Ittner - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The microtubule-associated protein tau and amyloid-β (Aβ) are key players in Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Aβ and tau are linked in a molecular pathway at the post-synapse with tau …

Tau proteolysis in the pathogenesis of tauopathies: neurotoxic fragments and novel biomarkers

JP Quinn, NJ Corbett, KAB Kellett… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
With predictions showing that 131.5 million people worldwide will be living with dementia by
2050, an understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning disease is crucial in the …

The yeast prion protein Sup35 initiates α-synuclein pathology in mouse models of Parkinson's disease

L Meng, C Liu, Y Li, G Chen, M Xiong, T Yu, L Pan… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the pathologic aggregation and prion-like
propagation of α-synuclein (α-syn). Emerging evidence shows that fungal infections …

The prodrug of 7, 8-dihydroxyflavone development and therapeutic efficacy for treating Alzheimer's disease

C Chen, Z Wang, Z Zhang, X Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The BDNF mimetic compound 7, 8-dihydroxyflavone (7, 8-DHF), a potent small molecular
TrkB agonist, displays prominent therapeutic efficacy against Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid cascade hypothesis for the treatment of alzheimer's disease: progress and challenges

T Wu, D Lin, Y Cheng, S Jiang, MW Riaz, N Fu… - Aging and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The amyloid cascade hypothesis has always been a research focus in the therapeutic field
of Alzheimer's disease (AD) since it was put forward. Numerous researchers attempted to …

Cerebrospinal fluid tau fragment correlates with tau PET: a candidate biomarker for tangle pathology

K Blennow, C Chen, C Cicognola, KR Wildsmith… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
To date, there is no validated fluid biomarker for tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease, with
contradictory results from studies evaluating the correlation between phosphorylated tau in …

High-fat diet-induced diabetes couples to Alzheimer's disease through inflammation-activated C/EBPβ/AEP pathway

P Liu, ZH Wang, SS Kang, X Liu, Y Xia, CB Chan… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is also called type 3 diabetes
with insulin reduction and insulin resistance in AD patient brains. However, the molecular …