Blood‐based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

A Leuzy, N Mattsson‐Carlgren, S Palmqvist… - EMBO molecular …, 2022 - embopress.org
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) represent a mounting public
health challenge. As these diseases are difficult to diagnose clinically, biomarkers of …

Clearance systems in the brain—implications for Alzheimer disease

JM Tarasoff-Conway, RO Carare, RS Osorio… - Nature reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Accumulation of toxic protein aggregates—amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and
hyperphosphorylated tau tangles—is the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD) …

Functional aspects of meningeal lymphatics in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

S Da Mesquita, A Louveau, A Vaccari, I Smirnov… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Ageing is a major risk factor for many neurological pathologies, but its mechanisms remain
unclear. Unlike other tissues, the parenchyma of the central nervous system (CNS) lacks …

The amyloid cascade hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease: an appraisal for the development of therapeutics

E Karran, M Mercken, BD Strooper - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2011 - nature.com
The amyloid cascade hypothesis, which posits that the deposition of the amyloid-β peptide
in the brain is a central event in Alzheimer's disease pathology, has dominated research for …

The sleep-wake cycle regulates brain interstitial fluid tau in mice and CSF tau in humans

JK Holth, SK Fritschi, C Wang, NP Pedersen, JR Cirrito… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The sleep-wake cycle regulates interstitial fluid (ISF) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of
β-amyloid (Aβ) that accumulates in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Furthermore, chronic sleep …

Impairment of paravascular clearance pathways in the aging brain

BT Kress, JJ Iliff, M **a, M Wang, HS Wei… - Annals of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective In the brain, protein waste removal is partly performed by paravascular pathways
that facilitate convective exchange of water and soluble contents between cerebrospinal …

Human apoE isoforms differentially regulate brain amyloid-β peptide clearance

JM Castellano, J Kim, FR Stewart, H Jiang… - Science translational …, 2011 - science.org
The apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset,
sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). The APOE ε4 allele markedly increases AD risk and …

ApoE-directed therapeutics rapidly clear β-amyloid and reverse deficits in AD mouse models

PE Cramer, JR Cirrito, DW Wesson, CYD Lee, JC Karlo… - science, 2012 - science.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with impaired clearance of β-amyloid (Aβ) from the
brain, a process normally facilitated by apolipoprotein E (apoE). ApoE expression is …

[HTML][HTML] The meningeal lymphatic system: a new player in neurophysiology

S Da Mesquita, Z Fu, J Kipnis - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The nature of fluid dynamics within the brain parenchyma is a focus of intensive research. Of
particular relevance is its participation in diseases associated with protein accumulation and …

[HTML][HTML] APOE mediated neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

S Parhizkar, DM Holtzman - Seminars in immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation is a central mechanism involved in neurodegeneration as observed in
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most prevalent form of neurodegenerative disease …