Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease

EE Congdon, EM Sigurdsson - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Pathologically, AD is
characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, with associated …

[HTML][HTML] Reconsideration of amyloid hypothesis and tau hypothesis in Alzheimer's disease

F Kametani, M Hasegawa - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The so-called amyloid hypothesis, that the accumulation and deposition of oligomeric or
fibrillar amyloid β (Aβ) peptide is the primary cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD), has been …

Development of multifunctional molecules as potential therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the …

MG Savelieff, G Nam, J Kang, HJ Lee, M Lee… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases pose a substantial socioeconomic burden on society.
Unfortunately, the aging world population and lack of effective cures foreshadow a negative …

Fibre-specific white matter reductions in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

R Mito, D Raffelt, T Dhollander, DN Vaughan… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Alzheimer's disease is increasingly considered a large-scale network disconnection
syndrome, associated with progressive aggregation of pathological proteins, cortical …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons learned from Alzheimer disease: clinical trials with negative outcomes

J Cummings - Clinical and translational science, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alzheimer disease (AD) drug development has a high failure rate. Drug development
decision making can be improved based on lessons learned from past trials. Improved …

Tau proteins and tauopathies in Alzheimer's disease

FP Chong, KY Ng, RY Koh, SM Chye - Cellular and molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive
function deficits. There are two major pathological hallmarks that contribute to the …

Alzheimer's disease: a review from the pathophysiology to diagnosis, new perspectives for pharmacological treatment

P dos Santos, C Leide, PF Ozela… - Current medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Dementia is characterized by the impairment of cognition and behavior of people over 65
years. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder in the …

Tau in Alzheimer's disease: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

Y Gao, L Tan, JT Yu, L Tan - Current Alzheimer Research, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Objective: Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most important progressive neurodegenerative
disorder, is characterized by cognitive and behavioral disabilities. Nowadays, tau, as a …

[HTML][HTML] Questions concerning the role of amyloid-β in the definition, aetiology and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

GP Morris, IA Clark, B Vissel - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
The dominant hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) aetiology, the neuropathological
guidelines for diagnosing AD and the majority of high-profile therapeutic efforts, in both …

Tau-targeted multifunctional nanocomposite for combinational therapy of Alzheimer's disease

Q Chen, Y Du, K Zhang, Z Liang, J Li, H Yu, R Ren… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains an incurable disease and lacks efficient diagnostic
methods. Most AD treatments have focused on amyloid-β (Aβ) targeted therapy; however, it …