Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

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

EN Cline, MA Bicca, KL Viola… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.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 …

New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

C Bellenguez, F Küçükali, IE Jansen, L Kleineidam… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of the genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related
dementias (ADD) provides a unique opportunity for a better understanding of the associated …

Antibody-mediated targeting of human microglial leukocyte Ig-like receptor B4 attenuates amyloid pathology in a mouse model

J Hou, Y Chen, Z Cai, GS Heo, CM Yuede… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
Microglia help limit the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by constraining amyloid-β
(Aβ) pathology, effected through a balance of activating and inhibitory intracellular signals …

TREM2 is a receptor for β-amyloid that mediates microglial function

Y Zhao, X Wu, X Li, LL Jiang, X Gui, Y Liu, Y Sun… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Mutations in triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) have been linked to
increased Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. Neurobiological functions of TREM2 and its …

Complement and microglia mediate early synapse loss in Alzheimer mouse models

S Hong, VF Beja-Glasser, BM Nfonoyim, A Frouin, S Li… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease (AD) correlates with cognitive decline. Involvement of
microglia and complement in AD has been attributed to neuroinflammation, prominent late in …

CD47 protects synapses from excess microglia-mediated pruning during development

EK Lehrman, DK Wilton, EY Litvina, CA Welsh… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Microglia regulate synaptic circuit remodeling and phagocytose synaptic material in the
healthy brain; however, the mechanisms directing microglia to engulf specific synapses and …

Engagement of MHC class I by the inhibitory receptor LILRB1 suppresses macrophages and is a target of cancer immunotherapy

AA Barkal, K Weiskopf, KS Kao, SR Gordon… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Exciting progress in the field of cancer immunotherapy has renewed the urgency of the need
for basic studies of immunoregulation in both adaptive cell lineages and innate cell …

Functions of immune checkpoint molecules beyond immune evasion

Y Zhang, J Zheng - Regulation of cancer immune checkpoints: molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Immune checkpoint molecules, including inhibitory and stimulatory immune checkpoint
molecules, are defined as ligand–receptor pairs that exert inhibitory or stimulatory effects on …

Alzheimer disease pathogenesis: insights from molecular and cellular biology studies of oligomeric Aβ and tau species

XQ Chen, WC Mobley - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) represents an oncoming epidemic that without an effective
treatment promises to exact extraordinary human and financial burdens. Studies of …