Pathophysiology and probable etiology of cerebral small vessel disease in vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Y Inoue, F Shue, G Bu, T Kanekiyo - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023‏ - Springer
Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) is commonly caused by vascular
injuries in cerebral large and small vessels and is a key driver of age-related cognitive …

Revisiting the neurovascular unit

S Schaeffer, C Iadecola - Nature neuroscience, 2021‏ - nature.com
The brain is supplied by an elaborate vascular network that originates extracranially and
reaches deep into the brain. The concept of the neurovascular unit provides a useful …

Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease

HSH Oh, J Rutledge, D Nachun, R Pálovics, O Abiose… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Animal studies show aging varies between individuals as well as between organs within an
individual,,–, but whether this is true in humans and its effect on age-related diseases is …

Molecular biomarkers for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia

S Hosoki, GK Hansra, T Jayasena, A Poljak… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
As disease-specific interventions for dementia are being developed, the ability to identify the
underlying pathology and dementia subtypes is increasingly important. Vascular cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and neuroinflammation: Implications for neurodegenerative disease treatment

KO Kopp, EJ Glotfelty, Y Li, NH Greig - Pharmacological research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Chronic, excessive neuroinflammation is a key feature of neurodegenerative diseases such
as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). However, neuroinflammatory …

Drug delivery to the central nervous system

E Nance, SH Pun, R Saigal, DL Sellers - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022‏ - nature.com
Despite the rising global incidence of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, CNS drug
development remains challenging, with high costs, long pathways to clinical use and high …

APOE4 leads to blood–brain barrier dysfunction predicting cognitive decline

A Montagne, DA Nation, AP Sagare, G Barisano… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Vascular contributions to dementia and Alzheimer's disease are increasingly recognized,,,,–.
Recent studies have suggested that breakdown of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is an early …

Pericytes in the disease spotlight

H van Splunder, P Villacampa, A Martínez-Romero… - Trends in Cell …, 2024‏ - cell.com
Pericytes are known as the mural cells in small-caliber vessels that interact closely with the
endothelium. Pericytes play a key role in vasculature formation and homeostasis, and when …

Blood–brain barrier breakdown: an emerging biomarker of cognitive impairment in normal aging and dementia

B Hussain, C Fang, J Chang - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays a vital role in maintaining the specialized
microenvironment of the neural tissue. It separates the peripheral circulatory system from the …

Blood-brain barrier disruption by lipopolysaccharide and sepsis-associated encephalopathy

X Peng, Z Luo, S He, L Zhang, Y Li - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
As a complex multicellular structure of the vascular system at the central nervous system
(CNS), the blood-brain barrier (BBB) separates the CNS from the system circulation and …