Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer disease—one peptide, two pathways

SM Greenberg, BJ Bacskai… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The shared role of amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and
Alzheimer disease (AD) is arguably the clearest instance of crosstalk between …

The amyloid beta peptide: a chemist's perspective. Role in Alzheimer's and fibrillization

IW Hamley - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
This review is concerned with the role of fibrillization of the amyloid β (Aβ)-peptide in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The perspective is that of a physical chemist, and one aim is to …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease risk gene CD33 inhibits microglial uptake of amyloid beta

A Griciuc, A Serrano-Pozo, AR Parrado, AN Lesinski… - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
The transmembrane protein CD33 is a sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin that
regulates innate immunity but has no known functions in the brain. We have previously …

Amyloid β protein and Alzheimer's disease: When computer simulations complement experimental studies

J Nasica-Labouze, PH Nguyen, F Sterpone… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) challenges our society with an annual estimated cost of $1.08
trillion in the United States alone by 2050. 1 AD is a progressive irreversible neurological …

Clusterin in Alzheimer's disease: mechanisms, genetics, and lessons from other pathologies

EM Foster, A Dangla-Valls, S Lovestone… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Clusterin (CLU) or APOJ is a multifunctional glycoprotein that has been implicated in several
physiological and pathological states, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). With a prominent …

Extracellular protein components of amyloid plaques and their roles in Alzheimer's disease pathology

MM Rahman, C Lendel - Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is pathologically defined by the presence of fibrillar amyloid β (Aβ)
peptide in extracellular senile plaques and tau filaments in intracellular neurofibrillary …

Clearance of cerebral Aβ in Alzheimer's disease: reassessing the role of microglia and monocytes

L Zuroff, D Daley, KL Black… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Deficiency in cerebral amyloid β-protein (Aβ) clearance is implicated in the pathogenesis of
the common late-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Accumulation of misfolded Aβ in …

Effects of in vivo conditions on amyloid aggregation

MC Owen, D Gnutt, M Gao, SKTS Wärmländer… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the grand challenges of biophysical chemistry is to understand the principles that
govern protein misfolding and aggregation, which is a highly complex process that is …

Expression of novel Alzheimer's disease risk genes in control and Alzheimer's disease brains

CM Karch, AT Jeng, P Nowotny, J Cady, C Cruchaga… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) etiology is influenced by complex interactions
between genetic and environmental risk factors. Large-scale genome wide association …

Association of plasma clusterin concentration with severity, pathology, and progression in Alzheimer disease

M Thambisetty, A Simmons… - Archives of general …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Context Blood-based analytes may be indicators of pathological processes in Alzheimer
disease (AD). Objective To identify plasma proteins associated with AD pathology using a …