Microglia phenotypes in aging and neurodegenerative diseases

MY Wendimu, SB Hooks - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and plays a
fundamental role in mediating the onset and progression of disease. Microglia, which …

Intranasal drug administration in Alzheimer-type dementia: Towards clinical applications

R Taléns-Visconti, JV de Julián-Ortiz, O Vila-Busó… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) treatments face limitations in crossing the blood–brain
barrier and systemic adverse effects. Intranasal administration offers a direct route to the …

A tale of two diseases: Exploring mechanisms linking diabetes mellitus with Alzheimer's disease

J Lynn, M Park, C Ogunwale… - Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Dementias, including the type associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), are on the rise
worldwide. Similarly, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most prevalent chronic …

[PDF][PDF] Protective effects of pioglitazone on cognitive impairment and the underlying mechanisms: A review of literature

A Alhowail, R Alsikhan, M Alsaud… - Drug Design …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Pioglitazone, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonist, is
known to have anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects on the brain, and its clinical …

Small-molecule drugs development for Alzheimer's disease

W Yao, H Yang, J Yang - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder
with no effective therapeutic drugs currently. The complicated pathophysiology of AD is not …

Selective PPAR-Delta/PPAR-gamma activation improves cognition in a model of Alzheimer's disease

I Steinke, M Govindarajulu, PD Pinky, J Bloemer, S Yoo… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The continuously increasing association of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with
increased mortality rates indicates an unmet medical need and the critical need for …

Dopamine in the regulation of glucose homeostasis, pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, and chronic conditions of impaired dopamine activity/metabolism: Implication for …

G Lisco, A De Tullio, M Iovino, O Disoteo… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dopamine regulates several functions, such as voluntary movements, spatial memory,
motivation, sleep, arousal, feeding, immune function, maternal behaviors, and lactation …

A Dichotomous role for FABP7 in sleep and Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis: a hypothesis

H Needham, G Torpey, CC Flores, CJ Davis… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) are a family of intracellular lipid chaperone proteins
known to play critical roles in the regulation of fatty acid uptake and transport as well as …

Neurotrophic factor-α1/Carboxypeptidase E functions in neuroprotection and alleviates depression

L Xiao, YP Loh - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Depression is a major psychiatric disease affecting all ages and is often co-morbid with
neurodegeneration in the elderly. Depression and neurodegeneration are associated with …

Is the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma a putative target for epilepsy treatment? Current evidence and future perspectives

L Senn, AM Costa, R Avallone, K Socała, P Wlaź… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), which belongs to the family
of nuclear receptors, has been mainly studied as an important factor in metabolic disorders …