Targeting integrin pathways: mechanisms and advances in therapy

X Pang, X He, Z Qiu, H Zhang, R Xie, Z Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Integrins are considered the main cell-adhesion transmembrane receptors that play
multifaceted roles as extracellular matrix (ECM)-cytoskeletal linkers and transducers in …

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 …

Inflammation context in Alzheimer's disease, a relationship intricate to define

C Novoa, P Salazar, P Cisternas, C Gherardelli… - Biological Research, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is characterized by
the accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau protein aggregates …

Reactive astrogliosis: A friend or foe in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

A Kumar, IC Fontana, A Nordberg - Journal of neurochemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes are highly efficient homeostatic glial cells playing a crucial role in optimal brain
functioning and homeostasis. Astrocytes respond to changes in brain homoeostasis …

NADPH oxidase family proteins: signaling dynamics to disease management

R Begum, S Thota, A Abdulkadir, G Kaur… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are pervasive signaling molecules in biological systems. In
humans, a lack of ROS causes chronic and extreme bacterial infections, while uncontrolled …

Human neural cell type‐specific extracellular vesicle proteome defines disease‐related molecules associated with activated astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease brain

Y You, S Muraoka, MP Jedrychowski… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In neurodegenerative diseases, extracellular vesicles (EVs) transfer pathogenic molecules
and are consequently involved in disease progression. We have investigated the proteomic …

NADPH oxidases: from molecular mechanisms to current inhibitors

A Cipriano, M Viviano, A Feoli, C Milite… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
NADPH oxidases (NOXs) form a family of electron-transporting membrane enzymes whose
main function is reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Strong evidence suggests that …

Recent insights on astrocyte mechanisms in CNS homeostasis, pathology, and repair

CG Hart, S Karimi‐Abdolrezaee - Journal of neuroscience …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes play essential roles in development, homeostasis, injury, and repair of the central
nervous system (CNS). Their development is tightly regulated by distinct spatial and …

Small GTPases of the Ras and Rho families switch on/off signaling pathways in neurodegenerative diseases

A Arrazola Sastre, M Luque Montoro… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) of the Ras superfamily are key regulators of
many key cellular events such as proliferation, differentiation, cell cycle regulation …

Amyloid‐β oligomers in cellular models of Alzheimer's disease

IC Fontana, AR Zimmer, AS Rocha… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloid‐β (Aβ) dysmetabolism is tightly associated with pathological processes in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Currently, it is thought that, in addition to Aβ fibrils that give rise to …