ApoE in Alzheimer's disease: pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies

AC Raulin, SV Doss, ZA Trottier, TC Ikezu, G Bu… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide, and its
prevalence is rapidly increasing due to extended lifespans. Among the increasing number of …

The amyloid-β pathway in Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, J Hardy, K Blennow, C Chen, G Perry… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Breakthroughs in molecular medicine have positioned the amyloid-β (Aβ) pathway at the
center of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology. While the detailed molecular …

APOE4 impairs myelination via cholesterol dysregulation in oligodendrocytes

JW Blanchard, LA Akay, J Davila-Velderrain… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease,–. However, the effects of
APOE4 on the human brain are not fully understood, limiting opportunities to develop …

Emerging roles of innate and adaptive immunity in Alzheimer's disease

X Chen, DM Holtzman - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, with
characteristic extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition and intracellular accumulation of …

APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer's disease pathology and brain diseases

R Fernández-Calle, SC Konings… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in the CNS. There are three major human
polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4, and the genetic expression of APOE4 is one of …

Peripheral apoE4 enhances Alzheimer's pathology and impairs cognition by compromising cerebrovascular function

CC Liu, J Zhao, Y Fu, Y Inoue, Y Ren, Y Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
disease, is abundantly expressed in both the brain and periphery. Here, we present …

Mechanisms and pathology of protein misfolding and aggregation

N Louros, J Schymkowitz, F Rousseau - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in machine learning-based protein structure prediction, we are still far
from fully understanding how proteins fold into their native conformation. The conventional …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Past, present and future of therapeutic strategies against amyloid-β peptides in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

D Jeremic, L Jiménez-Díaz, JD Navarro-López - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in ageing,
affecting around 46 million people worldwide but few treatments are currently available. The …

Cell-autonomous effects of APOE4 in restricting microglial response in brain homeostasis and Alzheimer's disease

CC Liu, N Wang, Y Chen, Y Inoue, F Shue, Y Ren… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglial involvement in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology has emerged as a risk-
determining pathogenic event. While apolipoprotein E (APOE) is known to modify AD risk, it …