Alzheimer's therapeutics: continued clinical failures question the validity of the amyloid hypothesis—but what lies beyond?

K Mullane, M Williams - Biochemical pharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
The worldwide incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is increasing with estimates that 115
million individuals will have AD by 2050, creating an unsustainable healthcare challenge …

Beta-amyloid sequelae in the eye: a critical review on its diagnostic significance and clinical relevance in Alzheimer's disease

TM Shah, SM Gupta, P Chatterjee, M Campbell… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. There is no
test for its definitive diagnosis in routine clinical practice. Although phase III clinical trials …

The AppNL-G-F mouse retina is a site for preclinical Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and research

M Vandenabeele, L Veys, S Lemmens… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
In this study, we report the results of a comprehensive phenotyping of the retina of the App
NL-GF mouse. We demonstrate that soluble Aβ accumulation is present in the retina of these …

Alzheimer's Disease-Related Protein Expression in the Retina of Octodon degus

LY Du, LYL Chang, AO Ardiles, C Tapia-Rojas… - PLoS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
New studies show that the retina also undergoes pathological changes during the
development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). While transgenic mouse models used in these …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of function of P2X7 receptor scavenger activity in aging mice: a novel model for investigating the early pathogenesis of age-related macular …

KA Vessey, BJ Gu, AI Jobling, JA Phipps… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible, severe vision
loss in Western countries. Recently, we identified a novel pathway involving P2X7 receptor …

Amyloidosis in retinal neurodegenerative diseases

A Masuzzo, V Dinet, C Cavanagh, F Mascarelli… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
As a part of the central nervous system, the retina may reflect both physiological processes
and abnormalities related to pathologies that affect the brain. Amyloidosis due to the …

[HTML][HTML] System-wide vitreous proteome dissection reveals impaired sheddase activity in diabetic retinopathy

A Alli-Shaik, B Qiu, SL Lai, N Cheung, G Tan… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major complication of diabetes mellitus causing
significant vision loss. DR is a multifactorial disease involving changes in retinal …

Fundamental differences in patterns of retinal ageing between primates and mice

JH Kam, TW Weinrich, H Shinhmar, MB Powner… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Photoreceptors have high metabolic demands and age rapidly, undermining visual function.
We base our understanding mainly on ageing mice where elevated inflammation …

Changes in ganglion cells during retinal degeneration

S Saha, U Greferath, KA Vessey, DB Grayden… - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Inherited retinal degeneration such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is associated with
photoreceptor loss and concomitant morphological and functional changes in the inner …

The retinal toxicity profile towards assemblies of Amyloid-β indicate the predominant pathophysiological activity of oligomeric species

E Naaman, S Ya'ari, C Itzkovich, S Safuri, F Macsi… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Amyloid-β (Aβ), reported as a significant constituent of drusen, was implicated in the
pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), yet the identity of the major …