Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future

PC Ke, R Zhou, LC Serpell, R Riek… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid diseases are global epidemics with profound health, social and economic
implications and yet remain without a cure. This dire situation calls for research into the …

Mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

M Yokoyama, H Kobayashi, L Tatsumi… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by memory loss
and personality changes, eventually leading to dementia. The pathological hallmarks of AD …

Oxidative stress and beta amyloid in Alzheimer's disease. Which comes first: the chicken or the egg?

E Tamagno, M Guglielmotto, V Vasciaveo, M Tabaton - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease involves β amyloid (Aβ) accumulation known to
induce synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration. The brain's vulnerability to oxidative …

Alzheimer's disease: targeting the cholinergic system

TH Ferreira-Vieira, IM Guimaraes… - Current …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Acetylcholine (ACh) has a crucial role in the peripheral and central nervous systems. The
enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) is responsible for synthesizing ACh from acetyl …

Anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

J Cummings, AML Osse, D Cammann, J Powell… - BioDrugs, 2024 - Springer
Two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), aducanumab and lecanemab, have received
accelerated approval from the US FDA for initiation of treatment in early Alzheimer's disease …

Update on Alzheimer's disease therapy and prevention strategies

WV Graham, A Bonito-Oliva… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the primary cause of age-related dementia. Effective strategies
to prevent and treat AD remain elusive despite major efforts to understand its basic biology …

Therapeutic B-cell depletion reverses progression of Alzheimer's disease

K Kim, X Wang, E Ragonnaud, M Bodogai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The function of B cells in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not fully understood. While
immunoglobulins that target amyloid beta (Aβ) may interfere with plaque formation and …

Amyloid beta: structure, biology and structure-based therapeutic development

G Chen, T Xu, Y Yan, Y Zhou, Y Jiang… - Acta pharmacologica …, 2017 - nature.com
Amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) is produced through the proteolytic processing of a
transmembrane protein, amyloid precursor protein (APP), by β-and γ-secretases. Aβ …

Using mice to model Alzheimer's dementia: an overview of the clinical disease and the preclinical behavioral changes in 10 mouse models

SJ Webster, AD Bachstetter, PT Nelson… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The goal of this review is to discuss how behavioral tests in mice relate to the pathological
and neuropsychological features seen in human Alzheimer's disease (AD), and present a …

Targeting protein aggregation for the treatment of degenerative diseases

YS Eisele, C Monteiro, C Fearns… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2015 - nature.com
The aggregation of specific proteins is hypothesized to underlie several degenerative
diseases, which are collectively known as amyloid disorders. However, the mechanistic …