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 …

The impact of disease comorbidities in Alzheimer's disease

JA Santiago, JA Potashkin - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A wide range of comorbid diseases is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most
common neurodegenerative disease worldwide. Evidence from clinical and molecular …

New insights into the role of TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease

M Gratuze, CEG Leyns, DM Holtzman - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia. The two histopathological
markers of AD are amyloid plaques composed of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, and …

Microglia in Alzheimer's disease

H Sarlus, MT Heneka - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Microglia are brain-resident myeloid cells that mediate key functions to support the CNS.
Microglia express a wide range of receptors that act as molecular sensors, which recognize …

A path toward precision medicine for neuroinflammatory mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, F Caraci, AC Cuello, G Caruso… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation commences decades before Alzheimer's disease (AD) clinical onset and
represents one of the earliest pathomechanistic alterations throughout the AD continuum …

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

MT Heneka, MJ Carson, J El Khoury… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Increasing evidence suggests that Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis is not restricted to the
neuronal compartment, but includes strong interactions with immunological mechanisms in …

Immune attack: the role of inflammation in Alzheimer disease

FL Heppner, RM Ransohoff, B Becher - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
The past two decades of research into the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) have
been driven largely by the amyloid hypothesis; the neuroinflammation that is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology in the retina

BP Gaire, Y Koronyo, DT Fuchs, H Shi… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The retina is an emerging CNS target for potential noninvasive diagnosis and tracking of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Studies have identified the pathological hallmarks of AD …

Mechanisms of Aβ clearance and degradation by glial cells

M Ries, M Sastre - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Glial cells have a variety of functions in the brain, ranging from immune defense against
external and endogenous hazardous stimuli, regulation of synaptic formation, calcium …

The role of APOE4 in disrupting the homeostatic functions of astrocytes and microglia in aging and Alzheimer's disease

CG Fernandez, ME Hamby, ML McReynolds… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
APOE4 is the greatest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), increasing
the risk of developing the disease by 3-fold in the 14% of the population that are carriers …