Lipid metabolism and Alzheimer's disease: clinical evidence, mechanistic link and therapeutic promise

F Yin - The FEBS journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age‐associated neurodegenerative disorder with
multifactorial etiology, intersecting genetic and environmental risk factors, and a lack of …

Reconstruction of the human blood–brain barrier in vitro reveals a pathogenic mechanism of APOE4 in pericytes

JW Blanchard, M Bula, J Davila-Velderrain, LA Akay… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
In Alzheimer's disease, amyloid deposits along the brain vasculature lead to a condition
known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), which impairs blood–brain barrier (BBB) …

Cerebral blood flow decrease as an early pathological mechanism in Alzheimer's disease

N Korte, R Nortley, D Attwell - Acta neuropathologica, 2020 - Springer
Therapies targeting late events in Alzheimer's disease (AD), including aggregation of
amyloid beta (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau, have largely failed, probably because they …

[HTML][HTML] Pericytes and neurovascular function in the healthy and diseased brain

LS Brown, CG Foster, JM Courtney, NE King… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pericytes are multi-functional cells embedded within the walls of capillaries throughout the
body, including the brain. Pericytes were first identified in the 1870s, but little attention was …

Pericyte loss leads to circulatory failure and pleiotrophin depletion causing neuron loss

AM Nikolakopoulou, A Montagne, K Kisler, Z Dai… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Pericytes are positioned between brain capillary endothelial cells, astrocytes and neurons.
They degenerate in multiple neurological disorders. However, their role in the pathogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] Blood–brain barrier dynamics to maintain brain homeostasis

M Segarra, MR Aburto, A Acker-Palmer - Trends in neurosciences, 2021 - cell.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic platform for exchange of substances between
the blood and the brain parenchyma, and it is an essential functional gatekeeper for the …

Early-onset Alzheimer's disease: what is missing in research?

T Ayodele, E Rogaeva, JT Kurup, G Beecham… - Current neurology and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD), defined as
Alzheimer's disease (AD) occurring before age 65, is significantly less well studied than the …

Hypertension, neurovascular dysfunction, and cognitive impairment

MM Santisteban, C Iadecola, D Carnevale - Hypertension, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Hypertension affects a significant proportion of the adult and aging population and
represents an important risk factor for vascular cognitive impairment and late-life dementia …

Neuronal regulation of the blood–brain barrier and neurovascular coupling

L Kaplan, BW Chow, C Gu - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
To continuously process neural activity underlying sensation, movement and cognition, the
CNS requires a homeostatic microenvironment that is not only enriched in nutrients to meet …

Activation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway mitigates blood–brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

Q Wang, X Huang, Y Su, G Yin, S Wang, B Yu, H Li… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes age-dependent
neurological and cognitive declines. The treatments for Alzheimer's disease pose a …