Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Aging: JACC Focus Seminar

M Cortes-Canteli, C Iadecola - Journal of the American College of …, 2020 - jacc.org
Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia in the elderly, is a neurodegenerative
condition characterized by accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in …

Fibrinogen in neurological diseases: mechanisms, imaging and therapeutics

MA Petersen, JK Ryu, K Akassoglou - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
The blood coagulation protein fibrinogen is deposited in the brain in a wide range of
neurological diseases and traumatic injuries with blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption …

Tip** points in neurodegeneration

M Simons, J Levin, M Dichgans - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), Aβ deposits form slowly, several decades before further
pathological events trigger neurodegeneration and dementia. However, a substantial …

Fibrin deposited in the Alzheimer's disease brain promotes neuronal degeneration

M Cortes-Canteli, L Mattei, AT Richards, EH Norris… - Neurobiology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and has no effective
treatment. Besides the well-known pathologic characteristics, this disease also has a …

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of neurovascular dysfunction in mild dementia and Alzheimer's disease

MD Sweeney, AP Sagare… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of age-related dementias. In addition to
genetics, environment, and lifestyle, growing evidence supports vascular contributions to …

No effects without causes: the Iron Dysregulation and Dormant Microbes hypothesis for chronic, inflammatory diseases

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the successful conquest of many acute, communicable (infectious) diseases through
the use of vaccines and antibiotics, the currently most prevalent diseases are chronic and …

A leaky blood–brain barrier to fibrinogen contributes to oxidative damage in Alzheimer's disease

JG McLarnon - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The intactness of blood–brain barrier (BBB) is compromised in Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Importantly, evidence suggests that the perturbation and abnormalities appearing in BBB …

Blood will out: vascular contributions to Alzheimer's disease

S Strickland - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The fundamental pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is neuronal dysfunction leading to
cognitive impairment. The amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), derived from amyloid precursor protein, is …

Vascular Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease: Alterations in the Plasma Contact and Fibrinolytic Systems

A Badimon, D Torrente, EH Norris - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting millions
of people worldwide. The classical hallmarks of AD include extracellular beta-amyloid (Aβ) …

A dormant microbial component in the development of preeclampsia

DB Kell, LC Kenny - Frontiers in medicine, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Preeclampsia (PE) is a complex, multisystem disorder that remains a leading cause of
morbidity and mortality in pregnancy. Four main classes of dysregulation accompany PE …