A potential link between visceral obesity and risk of Alzheimer's disease

HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, AA Alsayegh… - Neurochemical …, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia characterized by the
deposition of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques and tau-neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Visceral …

Deciphering the roles of metformin in Alzheimer's disease: a snapshot

W Liao, J Xu, B Li, Y Ruan, T Li, J Liu - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease predominantly affecting
millions of elderly people. To date, no effective therapy has been identified to reverse the …

Targeting the overexpressed mitochondrial protein VDAC1 in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease protects against mitochondrial dysfunction and mitigates brain …

A Verma, A Shteinfer-Kuzmine, N Kamenetsky… - Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibits mitochondrial dysfunctions associated with
dysregulated metabolism, brain inflammation, synaptic loss, and neuronal cell death. As a …

Metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for alzheimer's disease: A focus on insulin resistance

A Ezkurdia, MJ Ramírez, M Solas - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the main type of dementia and is a disease with a profound
socioeconomic burden due to the lack of effective treatment. In addition to genetics and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting whole body metabolism and mitochondrial bioenergetics in the drug development for Alzheimer's disease

SN Austad, S Ballinger, TW Buford, CS Carter… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Aging is by far the most prominent risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), and both aging
and AD are associated with apparent metabolic alterations. As developing effective …

Metabolic regulation of mitochondrial protein biogenesis from a neuronal perspective

JT Hees, AB Harbauer - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurons critically depend on mitochondria for ATP production and Ca2+ buffering. They are
highly compartmentalized cells and therefore a finely tuned mitochondrial network …

Brain insulin responsiveness is linked to age and peripheral insulin sensitivity

L Wagner, R Veit, C Kübler, A Fritsche… - Diabetes, Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Insulin action in the brain influences cognitive processes, peripheral metabolism and
eating behaviour. However, the influence of age and peripheral insulin sensitivity on brain …

Some candidate drugs for pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer's disease

B Miziak, B Błaszczyk, SJ Czuczwar - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD; progressive neurodegenerative disorder) is associated with
cognitive and functional impairment with accompanying neuropsychiatric symptoms. The …

Liposome-Derived Nanosystems for the Treatment of Behavioral and Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Promise of Niosomes, Transfersomes, and Ethosomes for …

PC Pires, AC Paiva-Santos, F Veiga - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders are amongst the most prevalent and
debilitating diseases, but current treatments either have low success rates, greatly due to the …