Inflammation: the link between comorbidities, genetics, and Alzheimer's disease

EA Newcombe, J Camats-Perna, ML Silva… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, most cases of which lack a clear
causative event. This has made the disease difficult to characterize and, thus, diagnose …

Metal toxicity links to Alzheimer's disease and neuroinflammation

TJ Huat, J Camats-Perna, EA Newcombe… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
As the median age of the population increases, the number of individuals with Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and the associated socio-economic burden are predicted to worsen. While …

Not just amyloid: physiological functions of the amyloid precursor protein family

UC Müller, T Deller, M Korte - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) gives rise to the amyloid-β peptide and thus has a key role
in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. By contrast, the physiological functions of APP …

Demyelination precedes axonal loss in the transneuronal spread of human neurodegenerative disease

Y You, C Joseph, C Wang, V Gupta, S Liu, C Yiannikas… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The spread of neurodegeneration through the human brain network is reported as
underlying the progression of neurodegenerative disorders. However, the exact …

Therapeutic potential of secreted amyloid precursor protein APPsα

BG Mockett, M Richter, WC Abraham… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by α-secretase generates an extracellularly
released fragment termed secreted APP-alpha (APPsα). Not only is this process of interest …

Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in mice triggers a slowly develo** cascade of long-term and persistent behavioral deficits and pathological changes

X Xu, M Cowan, F Beraldo, A Schranz… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
We have previously reported long-term changes in the brains of non-concussed varsity
rugby players using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) …

Rivastigmine modifies the α-secretase pathway and potentially early Alzheimer's disease

B Ray, B Maloney, K Sambamurti, HK Karnati… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
Rivastigmine (or Exelon) is a cholinesterase inhibitor, currently used as a symptomatic
treatment for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) generated …

The cause of Alzheimer's disease: the theory of multipathology convergence to chronic neuronal stress

B Decourt, GX D'Souza, J Shi, A Ritter… - Aging and …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The field of Alzheimer's disease (AD) research critically lacks an all-inclusive etiology theory
that would integrate existing hypotheses and explain the heterogeneity of disease trajectory …

The roles of the amyloid beta monomers in physiological and pathological conditions

TG Schreiner, OD Schreiner, M Adam, BO Popescu - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyloid beta peptide is an important biomarker in Alzheimer's disease, with the
amyloidogenic hypothesis as one of the central hypotheses trying to explain this type of …

Regulation of Alpha-Secretase ADAM10 In vitro and In vivo: Genetic, Epigenetic, and Protein-Based Mechanisms

K Endres, T Deller - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
ADAM10 (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase 10) has been identified as the major
physiological alpha-secretase in neurons, responsible for cleaving APP in a non …