Alzheimer's disease

CA Lane, J Hardy, JM Schott - European journal of neurology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease, the commonest cause of dementia, is a growing global health concern
with huge implications for individuals and society. In this review, current understanding of …

Potential Therapeutic Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease Targeting or Beyond β‐Amyloid: Insights from Clinical Trials

Q Jia, Y Deng, H Qing - BioMed research international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with two hallmarks: β‐
amyloid plagues and neurofibrillary tangles. It is one of the most alarming illnesses to elderly …

[HTML][HTML] A hundred years of Alzheimer's disease research

J Hardy - Neuron, 2006 - cell.com
On the 100 th anniversary of Alzheimer's lecture describing the clinicopathological entity
which bears his eponym, this article reviews the major areas of progress in our …

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 many faces of amyloid β in Alzheimer's disease

PK Chiang, MA Lam, Y Luo - Current molecular medicine, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
The 'amyloid cascade hypothesis' links amyloid β peptide (Aβ) with the pathological process
of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and it still awaits universal acceptance. Amyloid precursor …

Genetic modulation of soluble Aβ rescues cognitive and synaptic impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

SW Fowler, ACA Chiang, RR Savjani… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
An unresolved debate in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is whether amyloid plaques are
pathogenic, causing overt physical disruption of neural circuits, or protective, sequestering …

Amyloid cascade in Alzheimer's disease: Recent advances in medicinal chemistry

T Mohamed, A Shakeri, PPN Rao - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease is of major concern all over the world due to a number of factors
including (i) an aging population (ii) increasing life span and (iii) lack of effective …

Alzheimer's disease: treatments in discovery and development

M Citron - Nature neuroscience, 2002 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease is the single biggest unmet medical need in neurology. Current drugs
are safe, but of limited benefit to most patients. This review discusses the scientific basis and …

Current therapeutic targets for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

JD Grill, JL Cummings - Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease for which no cure exists.
There is a substantial need for new therapies that offer improved symptomatic benefit and …

Functional gamma‐secretase inhibitors reduce beta‐amyloid peptide levels in brain

HF Dovey, V John, JP Anderson… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Converging lines of evidence implicate the beta‐amyloid peptide (Aβ) as causative in
Alzheimer's disease. We describe a novel class of compounds that reduce Aβ production by …