Severe oligomeric tau toxicity can be reversed without long-term sequelae

A Martinisi, M Flach, F Sprenger, S Frank, M Tolnay… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Tau is a microtubule stabilizing protein that forms abnormal aggregates in many
neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. We have previously shown …

Current evidence for a bidirectional loop between the lysosome and alpha-synuclein proteoforms

NC Wildburger, AS Hartke, A Schidlitzki… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cumulative evidence collected in recent decades suggests that lysosomal dysfunction
contributes to neurodegenerative diseases, especially if amyloid proteins are involved …

APOE ε4/ε4 homozygotes with early Alzheimer's disease show accelerated hippocampal atrophy and cortical thinning that correlates with cognitive decline

S Abushakra, AP Porsteinsson… - … Research & Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Hippocampal volume (HV) and cortical thickness are commonly used imaging
biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease (AD) trials, and may have utility as selection criteria for …

The Amphiphilic Property and Structure of β-Amyloid Peptide Contribute to Its Impacts on the Activities of Horseradish Peroxidase and Alkaline Phosphatase

L Mo, J Chen, C Cai, Y Guo, LH Zeng… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recent studies have found that β-amyloid (Aβ) oligomers may play much more important
roles than amyloid plaques in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, due …

Sugar distributions on gangliosides guide the formation and stability of amyloid-β oligomers

J Saha, BJ Ford, X Wang, S Boyd, SE Morgan… - Biophysical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aggregation of Aβ peptides is a key contributor to the etiology of Alzheimer's disease. Being
intrinsically disordered, monomeric Aβ is susceptible to conformational excursions …

Monoclonal antibody therapy for Alzheimer's disease focusing on intracerebral targets

X Gu, L Qi, Q Qi, J Zhou, S Chen, L Wang - BioScience Trends, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. Due to
the complexity of the disorder and the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), its drug …

Performance of SOBA-AD blood test in discriminating Alzheimer's disease patients from cognitively unimpaired controls in two independent cohorts

A Chen, D Shea, V Daggett - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Amyloid-beta (Aβ) toxic oligomers are critical early players in the molecular pathology of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). We have developed a Soluble Oligomer Binding Assay (SOBA …

Novel social stimulation ameliorates memory deficit in Alzheimer's disease model through activating α-secretase

Q Ren, S Wang, J Li, K Cao, M Zhuang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
As the most common form of dementia in the world, Alzheimer9s disease (AD) is a
progressive neurological disorder marked by cognitive and behavioral impairment …

Reducing voltage-dependent potassium channel Kv3. 4 levels ameliorates synapse loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

J Yeap, C Sathyaprakash, J Toombs… - Brain and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Synapse loss is associated with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, and owing to their
plastic nature, synapses are an ideal target for therapeutic intervention. Oligomeric amyloid …

Degradation products of amyloid protein: Are they the culprits?

DV Zaretsky, M Zaretskaia - Current Alzheimer research, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Objectives: Beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides are most toxic to cells in oligomeric form. It is
commonly accepted that oligomers can form ion channels in cell membranes and allow …