[HTML][HTML] Calcium signaling in Alzheimer's disease & therapies

BCK Tong, AJ Wu, M Li, KH Cheung - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2018 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and is characterized by the
accumulation of amyloid (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Much attention …

Endoplasmic reticulum and the unfolded protein response: dynamics and metabolic integration

R Bravo, V Parra, D Gatica, AE Rodriguez… - International review of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a dynamic intracellular organelle with multiple functions
essential for cellular homeostasis, development, and stress responsiveness. In response to …

Altered ER–mitochondria contact impacts mitochondria calcium homeostasis and contributes to neurodegeneration in vivo in disease models

KS Lee, S Huh, S Lee, Z Wu, AK Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis is essential for neuronal function and survival. Altered Ca2+
homeostasis has been consistently observed in neurological diseases. How Ca2+ …

Bioinorganic chemistry of Alzheimer's disease

KP Kepp - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) 1− 3 is the most common form of dementia (estimated∼ 50− 60%
of all cases), associated with loss of memory (in particular episodic memory), cognitive …

Upregulated function of mitochondria‐associated ER membranes in Alzheimer disease

E Area‐Gomez, M del Carmen Lara Castillo… - The EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) is associated with aberrant processing of the amyloid precursor
protein (APP) by γ‐secretase, via an unknown mechanism. We recently showed that …

The adverse effects of air pollution on the nervous system

S Genc, Z Zadeoglulari, SH Fuss… - Journal of toxicology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a serious and common public health concern associated
with growing morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the last decades, the adverse effects of air …

TNF-α mediates PKR-dependent memory impairment and brain IRS-1 inhibition induced by Alzheimer's β-amyloid oligomers in mice and monkeys

MV Lourenco, JR Clarke, RL Frozza, TR Bomfim… - Cell metabolism, 2013 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes appear to share similar pathogenic
mechanisms. dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) underlies peripheral insulin …

Disrupted energy metabolism and neuronal circuit dysfunction in cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

D Kapogiannis, MP Mattson - The Lancet Neurology, 2011 - thelancet.com
Epidemiological, neuropathological, and functional neuroimaging evidence implicates
global and regional disruptions in brain metabolism and energetics in the pathogenesis of …

Recent advances in the multitarget‐directed ligands approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

R Leon, AG Garcia… - Medicinal research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
With 27 million cases worldwide documented in 2006, Alzheimer's disease (AD) constitutes
an overwhelming health, social, economic, and political problem to nations. Unless a new …

Challenges for Alzheimer's disease therapy: insights from novel mechanisms beyond memory defects

RL Frozza, MV Lourenco, FG De Felice - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia in late life, will become even
more prevalent by midcentury, constituting a major global health concern with huge …