Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

Mechanisms of autophagy–lysosome dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

RA Nixon, DC Rubinsztein - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Autophagy is a lysosome-based degradative process used to recycle obsolete cellular
constituents and eliminate damaged organelles and aggregate-prone proteins. Their …

Astrocytic and microglial cells as the modulators of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

D Singh - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is instigated by the misfiring of immune cells in the central nervous
system (CNS) involving microglia and astrocytes as key cell-types. Neuroinflammation is a …

Targeting the biology of aging with mTOR inhibitors

JB Mannick, DW Lamming - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of the protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) with the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapeutic rapamycin promotes health and longevity …

Altered glucose metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: role of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress

S Dewanjee, P Chakraborty, H Bhattacharya… - Free Radical Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence suggests that abnormal cerebral glucose metabolism is largely present
in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The brain utilizes glucose as its main energy source and a …

Oxidative damage in neurodegeneration: roles in the pathogenesis and progression of Alzheimer disease

M Perluigi, F Di Domenico… - Physiological …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) is associated with multiple etiologies and pathological mechanisms,
among which oxidative stress (OS) appears as a major determinant. Intriguingly, OS arises …

The neuroprotective effects of glucagon-like peptide 1 in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease: An in-depth review

N Reich, C Hölscher - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Currently, there is no disease-modifying treatment available for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
disease (AD and PD) and that includes the highly controversial approval of the Aβ-targeting …

Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complexes in neurodegeneration

H Querfurth, HK Lee - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Novel targets to arrest neurodegeneration in several dementing conditions involving
misfolded protein accumulations may be found in the diverse signaling pathways of the …

mTOR as a central regulator of lifespan and aging

D Papadopoli, K Boulay, L Kazak, M Pollak… - …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key component of cellular
metabolism that integrates nutrient sensing with cellular processes that fuel cell growth and …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis: Therapeutic potential and future perspectives

Z Zhang, X Yang, YQ Song, J Tu - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease in the elderly and the
most common cause of human dementia. AD is characterized by accumulation of abnormal …