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 …

Vascular dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease—A review of endothelium-mediated mechanisms and ensuing vicious circles

LY Di Marco, A Venneri, E Farkas, PC Evans… - Neurobiology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Late-onset dementia is a major health concern in the ageing population. Alzheimer's
disease (AD) accounts for the largest proportion (65–70%) of dementia cases in the older …

Blood–brain barrier dysfunction as a cause and consequence of Alzheimer's disease

MA Erickson, WA Banks - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays critical roles in the maintenance of central nervous
system (CNS) homeostasis. Dysfunction of the BBB occurs in a number of CNS diseases …

Neuroprotective effect of quercetin nanoparticles: A possible prophylactic and therapeutic role in alzheimer's disease

RA Rifaai, SA Mokhemer, EA Saber… - Journal of chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in elderly.
Quercetin is a well-known flavonoid with low bioavailability. Recently, quercetin …

Surface charge, glycocalyx, and blood-brain barrier function

FR Walter, AR Santa-Maria, M Mészáros… - Tissue …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The negative surface charge of brain microvessel endothelial cells is derived from the
special composition of their membrane lipids and the thick endothelial surface glycocalyx …

Suppression of Oligomer Formation and Formation of Non‐Toxic Fibrils upon Addition of Mirror‐Image Aβ42 to the Natural l‐Enantiomer

S Dutta, AR Foley, CJA Warner, X Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Racemates often have lower solubility than enantiopure compounds, and the mixing of
enantiomers can enhance the aggregation propensity of peptides. Amyloid beta (Aβ) 42 is …

Pentosan polysulfate: a novel therapy for the mucopolysaccharidoses

EH Schuchman, Y Ge, A Lai, Y Borisov, M Faillace… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Pentosan polysulfate (PPS) is an FDA-approved, oral medication with anti-
inflammatory and pro-chondrogenic properties. We have previously shown that animal …

[HTML][HTML] Ginseng polysaccharides: A potential neuroprotective agent

N Wang, X Wang, M He, W Zheng, D Qi… - Journal of Ginseng …, 2021 - Elsevier
The treatments of nervous system diseases (NSDs) have long been difficult issues for
researchers because of their complexity of pathogenesis. With the advent of aging society …

Low dose cranial irradiation-induced cerebrovascular damage is reversible in mice

N Sándor, FR Walter, A Bocsik, P Sántha… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background High-dose radiation-induced blood-brain barrier breakdown contributes to
acute radiation toxicity syndrome and delayed brain injury, but there are few data on the …

[HTML][HTML] Quercetin protects human brain microvascular endothelial cells from fibrillar β-amyloid1–40-induced toxicity

Y Li, S Zhou, J Li, Y Sun, H Hasimu, R Liu… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2015 - Elsevier
Amyloid beta-peptides (Aβ) are known to undergo active transport across the blood-brain
barrier, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy has been shown to be a prominent feature in the …