The amyloid-β oligomer hypothesis: beginning of the third decade

EN Cline, MA Bicca, KL Viola… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
The amyloid-β oligomer (AβO) hypothesis was introduced in 1998. It proposed that the brain
damage leading to Alzheimer's disease (AD) was instigated by soluble, ligand-like AβOs …

Network abnormalities and interneuron dysfunction in Alzheimer disease

JJ Palop, L Mucke - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
The function of neural circuits and networks can be controlled, in part, by modulating the
synchrony of their components' activities. Network hypersynchrony and altered oscillatory …

Rodent models for Alzheimer disease

J Götz, LG Bodea, M Goedert - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Animal models are indispensable tools for Alzheimer disease (AD) research. Over the
course of more than two decades, an increasing number of complementary rodent models …

The role of amyloid-β oligomers in toxicity, propagation, and immunotherapy

U Sengupta, AN Nilson, R Kayed - EBioMedicine, 2016 - thelancet.com
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is growing every day and finding an effective
treatment is becoming more vital. Amyloid-β (Aβ) has been the focus of research for several …

Amyloid-β and tau complexity—towards improved biomarkers and targeted therapies

JC Polanco, C Li, LG Bodea… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Most neurodegenerative diseases are proteinopathies, which are characterized by the
aggregation of misfolded proteins. Although many proteins have an intrinsic propensity to …

The amyloid cascade hypothesis: are we poised for success or failure?

E Karran, B De Strooper - Journal of neurochemistry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The first description of Alzheimer's disease (AD) was made in 1907 by Alois Alzheimer
(Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur Psyciatrie und Psychisch‐Gerichtliche Medizin 64, 3, 1907) …

Endo-lysosomal Aβ concentration and pH trigger formation of Aβ oligomers that potently induce Tau missorting

MP Schützmann, F Hasecke, S Bachmann… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) forms metastable oligomers> 50 kDa, termed AβOs, that are more
effective than Aβ amyloid fibrils at triggering Alzheimer's disease-related processes such as …

Aβ-oligomers: A potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

S Ghosh, R Ali, S Verma - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cascade of amyloid formation relates to multiple complex events at the molecular level.
Previous research has established amyloid plaque deposition as the leading cause of …

The toxicity and polymorphism of β-amyloid oligomers

Y Huang, R Liu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is widely accepted that β-amyloid oligomers (Aβos) play a key role in the progression of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) by inducing neuron damage and cognitive impairment, but Aβos …

Aggregation of disordered proteins associated with neurodegeneration

PS Tsoi, MD Quan, JC Ferreon… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular deposition of protein aggregates, one of the hallmarks of neurodegeneration,
disrupts cellular functions and leads to neuronal death. Mutations, posttranslational …