[HTML][HTML] The cellular phase of Alzheimer's disease

B De Strooper, E Karran - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
The amyloid hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease (AD) posits a neuron-centric, linear cascade
initiated by Aβ and leading to dementia. This direct causality is incompatible with clinical …

Calpain research for drug discovery: challenges and potential

Y Ono, TC Saido, H Sorimachi - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Calpains are a family of proteases that were scientifically recognized earlier than
proteasomes and caspases, but remain enigmatic. However, they are known to participate in …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial hypermetabolism precedes impaired autophagy and synaptic disorganization in App knock-in Alzheimer mouse models

L Naia, M Shimozawa, E Bereczki, X Li, J Liu… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Accumulation of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) is a driver of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid
precursor protein (App) knock-in mouse models recapitulate AD-associated Aβ pathology …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease as a synaptopathy: Evidence for dysfunction of synapses during disease progression

S Meftah, J Gan - Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The synapse has consistently been considered a vulnerable and critical target within
Alzheimer's disease, and synapse loss is, to date, one of the main biological correlates of …

Transmission of amyloid-β protein pathology from cadaveric pituitary growth hormone

SA Purro, MA Farrow, J Linehan, T Nazari, DX Thomas… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
We previously reported the presence of amyloid-β protein (Aβ) deposits in individuals with
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) who had been treated during childhood with human …

The neuroprotective effects of intermittent fasting on brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases via regulating mitochondrial function

Y Zhao, M Jia, W Chen, Z Liu - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Intermittent fasting (IF) has been studied for its effects on lifespan and the prevention or
delay of age-related diseases upon the regulation of metabolic pathways. Mitochondria …

Dysfunction of autophagy and endosomal-lysosomal pathways: Roles in pathogenesis of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease

DJ Colacurcio, A Pensalfini, Y Jiang… - Free Radical Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have an increased risk of early-onset Alzheimer's
Disease (AD), largely owing to a triplication of the APP gene, located on chromosome 21. In …

Age-dependent behavioral and biochemical characterization of single APP knock-in mouse (APPNL-GF/NL-GF) model of Alzheimer's disease

J Mehla, SG Lacoursiere, V Lapointe… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Saito et al developed a novel amyloid precursor protein (APP) knock-in mouse model (APP
NL-GF) for Alzheimer's disease (AD) to overcome the problem of overexpression of APP in …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative profiling of cortical gene expression in Alzheimer's disease patients and mouse models demonstrates a link between amyloidosis and …

E Castillo, J Leon, G Mazzei, N Abolhassani… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, characterized by
accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles. Oxidative stress and …

Human brain-derived Aβ oligomers bind to synapses and disrupt synaptic activity in a manner that requires APP

Z Wang, RJ Jackson, W Hong, WM Taylor… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Compelling genetic evidence links the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and several theories have been advanced to explain the relationship. A …