Clinical trials of new drugs for Alzheimer disease: a 2020–2023 update

LK Huang, YC Kuan, HW Lin, CJ Hu - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, presenting a significant unmet
medical need worldwide. The pathogenesis of AD involves various pathophysiological …

Clinical trials of new drugs for Alzheimer disease

LK Huang, SP Chao, CJ Hu - Journal of biomedical science, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer disease (AD) accounts for 60–70% of dementia cases. Given the seriousness of
the disease and continual increase in patient numbers, developing effective therapies to …

[HTML][HTML] Reconsideration of amyloid hypothesis and tau hypothesis in Alzheimer's disease

F Kametani, M Hasegawa - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The so-called amyloid hypothesis, that the accumulation and deposition of oligomeric or
fibrillar amyloid β (Aβ) peptide is the primary cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD), has been …

Presynaptic failure in Alzheimer's disease

G Barthet, C Mulle - Progress in neurobiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Synaptic loss is the best correlate of cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Extensive
experimental evidence also indicates alterations of synaptic properties at the early stages of …

APP accumulates with presynaptic proteins around amyloid plaques: A role for presynaptic mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease?

T Jordà‐Siquier, M Petrel, V Kouskoff… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the distribution of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its
fragments other than amyloid beta, has not been fully characterized. Here, we investigate …

Modeling the complex pathology of Alzheimer's disease in Drosophila

P Fernandez-Funez, L de Mena… - Experimental neurology, 2015 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia and the most common
neurodegenerative disorder. AD is mostly a sporadic disorder and its main risk factor is age …

Axonal transport defects in Alzheimer's disease

ZX Wang, L Tan, JT Yu - Molecular neurobiology, 2015 - Springer
A large body of evidences indicates that axonal transport (AT) defects play an important role
in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer'disease (AD). AT, a critical cellular process for the …

The role of rab proteins in neuronal cells and in the trafficking of neurotrophin receptors

C Bucci, P Alifano, L Cogli - Membranes, 2014 - mdpi.com
Neurotrophins are a family of proteins that are important for neuronal development, neuronal
survival and neuronal functions. Neurotrophins exert their role by binding to their receptors …

Releasing the brake: restoring fast axonal transport in neurodegenerative disorders

MV Hinckelmann, D Zala, F Saudou - Trends in cell biology, 2013 - cell.com
Emerging evidence suggests that the dysregulation of fast axonal transport (FAT) plays a
crucial role in several neurodegenerative disorders. Some of these diseases are caused by …

Biophysical challenges to axonal transport: motor-cargo deficiencies and neurodegeneration

SE Encalada, LSB Goldstein - Annual review of biophysics, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Axonal transport is indispensable for the distribution of vesicles, organelles, messenger
RNAs (mRNAs), and signaling molecules along the axon. This process is mediated by …