The amyloid hypothesis in Alzheimer disease: new insights from new therapeutics

E Karran, B De Strooper - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Many drugs that target amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer disease (AD) have failed to demonstrate
clinical efficacy. However, four anti-Aβ antibodies have been shown to mediate the removal …

The amyloid-β pathway in Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, J Hardy, K Blennow, C Chen, G Perry… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Breakthroughs in molecular medicine have positioned the amyloid-β (Aβ) pathway at the
center of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology. While the detailed molecular …

Emerging diagnostics and therapeutics for Alzheimer disease

WK Self, DM Holtzman - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common contributor to dementia in the world, but
strategies that slow or prevent its clinical progression have largely remained elusive, until …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration: from understanding to therapy

L Muzio, A Viotti, G Martino - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) acting as the
first line of defense in the brain by phagocytosing harmful pathogens and cellular debris …

APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: Impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer's disease pathology and brain diseases

R Fernández-Calle, SC Konings… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in the CNS. There are three major human
polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4, and the genetic expression of APOE4 is one of …

Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

History and progress of hypotheses and clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease

PP Liu, Y Xie, XY Meng, JS Kang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive
memory loss along with neuropsychiatric symptoms and a decline in activities of daily life. Its …

Alzheimer's disease

JAS Lopez, HM González, GC Léger - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia refers to a particular onset and course of cognitive and
functional decline associated with age together with a particular neuropathology. It was first …

[HTML][HTML] The ageing brain: molecular and cellular basis of neurodegeneration

S Azam, ME Haque, R Balakrishnan, IS Kim… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Ageing is an inevitable event in the lifecycle of all organisms, characterized by progressive
physiological deterioration and increased vulnerability to death. Ageing has also been …

The multiplex model of the genetics of Alzheimer's disease

R Sims, M Hill, J Williams - Nature neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Genes play a strong role in Alzheimer's disease (AD), with late-onset AD showing heritability
of 58–79% and early-onset AD showing over 90%. Genetic association provides a robust …