Peptides for therapy and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

S Aileen Funke, D Willbold - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with devastating
effects. The greatest risk factor to develop AD is age. Today, only symptomatic therapies are …

Whether short peptides are good candidates for future neuroprotective therapeutics?

R Perlikowska - Peptides, 2021 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases are a broad group of largely debilitating, and ultimately
terminal conditions resulting in progressive degeneration of different brain regions. The …

Chronic ghrelin administration restores hippocampal long‐term potentiation and ameliorates memory impairment in rat model of Alzheimer's disease

M Eslami, B Sadeghi, F Goshadrou - Hippocampus, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), as a common age‐related dementia, is a progressive
manifestation of cognitive decline following synaptic failure resulted majorly by senile …

Amino acid position-specific contributions to amyloid β-protein oligomerization

SK Maji, RRO Loo, M Inayathullah, SM Spring… - Journal of biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Understanding the structural and assembly dynamics of the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) has
direct relevance to the development of therapeutic agents for Alzheimer disease. To …

Breaker peptides against amyloid-β aggregation: a potential therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease

N Ghosh, LM Kundu - Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, for which blocking
the early steps of extracellular misfolded amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregation is a promising …

The functional neurophysiology of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing pathway

AD Randall, J Witton, C Booth, A Hynes-Allen… - …, 2010 - Elsevier
Amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides derived from proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein
(APP) are thought to be a pivotal toxic species in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease …

Targeted drug delivery across the blood brain barrier in Alzheimer's disease

S Rocha - Current pharmaceutical design, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
The discovery of drugs for Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapy that can also permeate the
blood brain barrier (BBB) is very difficult owing to its specificity and restrictive nature. The …

Modulation of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) assembly by homologous C-terminal fragments as a strategy for inhibiting Aβ toxicity

H Li, F Rahimi, G Bitan - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2016 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) into neurotoxic oligomers and fibrillar aggregates is
a key process thought to be the proximal event leading to development of Alzheimer's …

Colostral proline-rich polypeptides-immunoregulatory properties and prospects of therapeutic use in Alzheimer's disease

M Janusz, A Zablocka - Current Alzheimer Research, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
A proline-rich polypeptide complex (PRP), subsequently called Colostrinin™(CLN), was first
isolated from ovine colostrum, was shown to possess immunoregulatory properties …

C-terminal tetrapeptides inhibit Aβ42-induced neurotoxicity primarily through specific interaction at the N-terminus of Aβ42

H Li, Z Du, DHJ Lopes, EA Fradinger… - Journal of medicinal …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Inhibition of amyloid β-protein (Aβ)-induced toxicity is a promising therapeutic strategy for
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previously, we reported that the C-terminal tetrapeptide Aβ (39 …