Recent advances in Alzheimer's disease: Mechanisms, clinical trials and new drug development strategies

J Zhang, Y Zhang, J Wang, Y **a, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) stands as the predominant form of dementia, presenting significant
and escalating global challenges. Its etiology is intricate and diverse, stemming from a …

Metabolic messengers: tumour necrosis factor

JK Sethi, GS Hotamisligil - Nature metabolism, 2021 - nature.com
Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) is a classical, pleiotropic pro-inflammatory cytokine. It is also
the first 'adipokine'described to be produced from adipose tissue, regulated in obesity and …

Impaired insulin signalling and allostatic load in Alzheimer disease

FG De Felice, RA Gonçalves, ST Ferreira - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of insulin in 1921 revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and paved the way
for numerous studies on hormone signalling networks and actions in peripheral tissues and …

[HTML][HTML] GLP-1 receptor agonists: beyond their pancreatic effects

X Zhao, M Wang, Z Wen, Z Lu, L Cui, C Fu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin secretory molecule. GLP-1 receptor agonists
(GLP-1RAs) are widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) due to their …

The physiological roles of tau and Aβ: implications for Alzheimer's disease pathology and therapeutics

SA Kent, TL Spires-Jones, CS Durrant - Acta neuropathologica, 2020 - Springer
Tau and amyloid beta (Aβ) are the prime suspects for driving pathology in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and, as such, have become the focus of therapeutic development. Recent …

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 …

Exercise-linked FNDC5/irisin rescues synaptic plasticity and memory defects in Alzheimer's models

MV Lourenco, RL Frozza, GB de Freitas, H Zhang… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Defective brain hormonal signaling has been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), a
disorder characterized by synapse and memory failure. Irisin is an exercise-induced …

Brain insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer disease: concepts and conundrums

SE Arnold, Z Arvanitakis… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Considerable overlap has been identified in the risk factors, comorbidities and putative
pathophysiological mechanisms of Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs) and …

Pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 signaling links cognitive impairments and peripheral metabolic alterations in Alzheimer's disease

NM Lyra e Silva, RA Gonçalves, TA Pascoal… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with memory impairment and altered peripheral
metabolism. Mounting evidence indicates that abnormal signaling in a brain-periphery …

[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 …