Emerging diagnostics and therapeutics for Alzheimer disease

WK Self, DM Holtzman - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common contributor to dementia in the world, but
strategies that slow or prevent its clinical progression have largely remained elusive, until …

[HTML][HTML] Apolipoprotein E in lipid metabolism and neurodegenerative disease

LG Yang, ZM March, RA Stephenson… - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Dysregulation of lipid metabolism has emerged as a central component of many
neurodegenerative diseases. Variants of the lipid transport protein, apolipoprotein E …

Cell type-specific roles of APOE4 in Alzheimer disease

J Blumenfeld, O Yip, MJ Kim, Y Huang - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
The ɛ4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE), which translates to the APOE4 isoform,
is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD). Within the CNS …

Microbiota–gut–brain axis and its therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative diseases

JS Loh, WQ Mak, LKS Tan, CX Ng, HH Chan… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The human gastrointestinal tract is populated with a diverse microbial community. The vast
genetic and metabolic potential of the gut microbiome underpins its ubiquity in nearly every …

The APOE-R136S mutation protects against APOE4-driven Tau pathology, neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation

MR Nelson, P Liu, A Agrawal, O Yip, J Blumenfeld… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset
Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), leading to earlier age of clinical onset and exacerbating …

Updates on mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

MZ Zhong, T Peng, ML Duarte, M Wang… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the United
States (US). Animal models, specifically mouse models have been developed to better …

FSH and ApoE4 contribute to Alzheimer's disease-like pathogenesis via C/EBPβ/δ-secretase in female mice

J Xiong, SS Kang, M Wang, Z Wang, Y Xia… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common dementia. It is known that women with one
ApoE4 allele display greater risk and earlier onset of AD compared with men. In mice, we …

Neuronal ApoE4 in Alzheimer's disease and potential therapeutic targets

L Zhang, Y Xia, Y Gui - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The most prevalent genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is Apolipoprotein E
(ApoE), a gene located on chromosome 19 that encodes three alleles (e2, e3, and e4) that …

Pushing the boundaries of brain organoids to study Alzheimer's disease

J Cerneckis, G Bu, Y Shi - Trends in molecular medicine, 2023 - cell.com
Progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) entails deterioration or aberrant function of multiple
brain cell types, eventually leading to neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Defining …

New pathways identify novel drug targets for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

B Penke, M Szűcs, F Bogár - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an incurable, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. AD is a
complex and multifactorial disease that is responsible for 60–80% of dementia cases. Aging …