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 …

The evolution of neurofilament light chain in multiple sclerosis

C Ferreira-Atuesta, S Reyes, G Giovanonni… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, inflammatory neurodegenerative disease of the
central nervous system characterized by demyelination and axonal damage. Diagnosis and …

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: current evidence and future perspectives

DA McGrowder, F Miller, K Vaz, C Nwokocha… - Brain sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, clinically heterogeneous, and particularly complex
neurodegenerative disease characterized by a decline in cognition. Over the last two …

Monocytes mediate HIV neuropathogenesis: mechanisms that contribute to HIV associated neurocognitive disorders

DW Williams, M Veenstra, PJ Gaskill… - Current HIV …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
HIV infected people are living longer due to the success of combined antiretroviral therapy
(cART). However, greater than 40-70% of HIV infected individuals develop HIV associated …

A novel role for osteopontin in macrophage-mediated amyloid-β clearance in Alzheimer's models

A Rentsendorj, J Sheyn, DT Fuchs, D Daley… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Osteopontin (OPN), a matricellular immunomodulatory cytokine highly expressed by
myelomonocytic cells, is known to regulate immune cell migration, communication, and …

CNS Langerhans cell histiocytosis: common hematopoietic origin for LCH‐associated neurodegeneration and mass lesions

KL McClain, J Picarsic, R Chakraborty, D Zinn, H Lin… - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis (CNS‐LCH) brain
involvement may include mass lesions and/or a neurodegenerative disease (LCH‐ND) of …

Crosstalk of brain and bone—clinical observations and their molecular bases

E Otto, PR Knapstein, D Jahn, J Appelt… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
As brain and bone disorders represent major health issues worldwide, substantial clinical
investigations demonstrated a bidirectional crosstalk on several levels, mechanistically …

Anti-inflammatory effects of thymoquinone in activated BV-2 microglial cells

E Taka, EA Mazzio, CB Goodman, N Redmon… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thymoquinone (TQ), the main pharmacological active ingredient within the black cumin
seed (Nigella sativa) is believed to be responsible for the therapeutic effects on chronic …

The potential influence of bone-derived modulators on the progression of Alzheimer's disease

J Yuan, BP Meloni, T Shi, A Bonser… - Journal of …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Bone, the major structural scaffold of the human body, has recently been demonstrated to
interact with several other organ systems through the actions of bone-derived cells and bone …

Osteopontin mediates survival, proliferation and migration of neural stem cells through the chemokine receptor CXCR4

M Rabenstein, J Hucklenbroich, A Willuweit… - Stem cell research & …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Osteopontin (OPN) is a phosphoglycoprotein with important roles in tissue
homeostasis, wound healing, immune regulation, and stress responses. It is expressed …