Alzheimer's disease: which type of amyloid-preventing drug agents to employ?

H Jang, L Connelly, FT Arce… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The current paradigm in the amyloid hypothesis brands small β-amyloid (Aβ) oligomers as
the toxic species in Alzheimer's disease (AD). These oligomers are fibril-like; contain β-sheet …

Function and toxicity of amyloid beta and recent therapeutic interventions targeting amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease

K Rajasekhar, M Chakrabarti… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloidogenesis has been implicated in a broad spectrum of diseases in which amyloid
protein is invariably misfolded and deposited in cells and organs. Alzheimer's disease is one …

Why is research on amyloid-β failing to give new drugs for Alzheimer's disease?

AJ Doig, MP del Castillo-Frias… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The two hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are the presence of neurofibrillary tangles
(NFT) made of aggregates of the hyperphosphorylated tau protein and of amyloid plaques …

N-terminal hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease

B Murray, B Sharma, G Belfort - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2017 - ACS Publications
Although the amyloid (abeta peptide, Aβ) hypothesis is 25 years old, is the dominant model
of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis, and guides the development of potential …

[HTML][HTML] Focus: the aging brain: amyloid-beta Alzheimer targets—protein processing, lipid rafts, and amyloid-beta pores

M LaFontaine, M Cumbay - The Yale journal of biology and …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Amyloid beta (Aβ), the hallmark of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), now appears to be deleterious
in its low number aggregate form as opposed to the macroscopic Aβ fibers historically seen …

Differences between amyloid-β aggregation in solution and on the membrane: insights into elucidation of the mechanistic details of Alzheimer's disease

SA Kotler, P Walsh, JR Brender… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The association of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide with cellular membranes is hypothesized to be
the underlying phenomenon of neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease. Misfolding of proteins …

Small Molecule Decoys of Aggregation for Elimination of Aβ-Peptide Toxicity

S Oasa, VL Kouznetsova, A Tiiman… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Several lines of evidence suggest that a characteristic of the neuropathology of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) is the aggregation of the amyloid beta peptides (Aβ), fragments of the human …

The quest for small molecules as amyloid inhibiting therapies for Alzheimer's disease

H Amijee, DIC Scopes - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2009 - content.iospress.com
Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is one of the most promising targets for the development of new
therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD). A growing body of evidence suggests a key …

An overview of several inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease: characterization and failure

S Boopathi, AB Poma, R Garduño-Juárez - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyloid beta (Aβ) oligomers are the most neurotoxic aggregates causing neuronal death
and cognitive damage. A detailed elucidation of the aggregation pathways from oligomers to …

High-throughput screening at the membrane interface reveals inhibitors of amyloid-β

SJ Cox, B Lam, A Prasad, HA Marietta, NV Stander… - Biochemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aggregation and the formation of oligomeric intermediates of amyloid-β (Aβ) at the
membrane interface of neuronal cells are implicated in the cellular toxicity and pathology of …