Not just amyloid: physiological functions of the amyloid precursor protein family

UC Müller, T Deller, M Korte - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) gives rise to the amyloid-β peptide and thus has a key role
in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. By contrast, the physiological functions of APP …

The informed road map to prevention of Alzheimer Disease: A call to arms

E McDade, JJ Llibre-Guerra, DM Holtzman… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer disease (AD) prevention trials hold the promise to delay or prevent cognitive
decline and dementia onset by intervening before significant neuronal damage occurs. In …

A perspective on multi-target drug discovery and design for complex diseases

RR Ramsay, MR Popovic-Nikolic, K Nikolic… - Clinical and translational …, 2018 - Springer
Diseases of infection, of neurodegeneration (such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
diseases), and of malignancy (cancers) have complex and varied causative factors. Modern …

Alzheimer's disease: the right drug, the right time

TE Golde, ST DeKosky, D Galasko - Science, 2018 - science.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-associated neurodegenerative disease that is reaching
epidemic proportions as a result of the aging of the world's population. Impressive gains in …

EEG machine learning for accurate detection of cholinergic intervention and Alzheimer's disease

S Simpraga, R Alvarez-Jimenez, HD Mansvelder… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Monitoring effects of disease or therapeutic intervention on brain function is increasingly
important for clinical trials, albeit hampered by inter-individual variability and subtle effects …

Ellagic acid ameliorates learning and memory deficits in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease: an exploration of underlying mechanisms

Z Kiasalari, R Heydarifard, M Khalili, S Afshin-Majd… - …, 2017 - Springer
Rationale Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with irreversible loss of
intellectual abilities. Current therapies for AD are still insufficient. Objective In this study, the …

Short Aβ peptides attenuate Aβ42 toxicity in vivo

BD Moore, J Martin, L De Mena, J Sanchez… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - rupress.org
Processing of amyloid-β (Aβ) precursor protein (APP) by γ-secretase produces multiple
species of Aβ: Aβ40, short Aβ peptides (Aβ37–39), and longer Aβ peptides (Aβ42–43). γ …

Multifunctional theranostic carbazole-based cyanine for real-time imaging of amyloid-β and therapeutic treatment of multiple pathologies in Alzheimer's disease

C Chen, X Wang, D Xu, H Zhang, HN Chan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by the synaptic and neuronal loss, which results in cognitive impairment in …

Harnessing immunoproteostasis to treat neurodegenerative disorders

TE Golde - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Immunoproteostasis is a term used to reflect interactions between the immune system and
the proteinopathies that are presumptive" triggers" of many neurodegenerative disorders …

Weighted protein interaction network analysis of frontotemporal dementia

R Ferrari, RC Lovering, J Hardy, PA Lewis… - Journal of proteome …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The genetic analysis of complex disorders has undoubtedly led to the identification of a
wealth of associations between genes and specific traits. However, moving from genetics to …