The essential elements of Alzheimer's disease

P Lei, S Ayton, AI Bush - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) directed against the prominent amyloid plaque
neuropathology are yet to be proved effective despite many phase 3 clinical trials. There are …

Current state of Alzheimer's fluid biomarkers

JL Molinuevo, S Ayton, R Batrla, MM Bednar… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with a complex and
heterogeneous pathophysiology. The number of people living with AD is predicted to …

Human and mouse single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal TREM2-dependent and TREM2-independent cellular responses in Alzheimer's disease

Y Zhou, WM Song, PS Andhey, A Swain, T Levy… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Glia have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Variants of the
microglia receptor triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) increase AD …

Ferroptosis as a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

M Jakaria, AA Belaidi, AI Bush… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia, with complex
pathophysiology that is not fully understood. While β‐amyloid plaque and neurofibrillary …

Striking while the iron is hot: Iron metabolism and ferroptosis in neurodegeneration

S Masaldan, AI Bush, D Devos, AS Rolland… - Free Radical Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Perturbations in iron homeostasis and iron accumulation feature in several
neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) …

The role of NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy in ferroptosis

N Santana-Codina, A Gikandi, JD Mancias - Ferroptosis: Mechanism and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Nuclear receptor coactivator 4 (NCOA4) is a selective cargo receptor that mediates
the autophagic degradation of ferritin, the cytosolic iron storage complex, in a process …

Iron homeostasis disorder and Alzheimer's disease

Y Peng, X Chang, M Lang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Iron is an essential trace metal for almost all organisms, including human; however,
oxidative stress can easily be caused when iron is in excess, producing toxicity to the human …

Brain energy and oxygen metabolism: emerging role in normal function and disease

ME Watts, R Pocock, C Claudianos - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Dynamic metabolic changes occurring in neurons are critically important in directing brain
plasticity and cognitive function. In other tissue types, disruptions to metabolism and the …

Brain iron is associated with accelerated cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer pathology

S Ayton, Y Wang, I Diouf, JA Schneider… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Cortical iron has been shown to be elevated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the impact of
the directly measured iron on the clinical syndrome has not been assessed. We investigated …

Apolipoprotein E potently inhibits ferroptosis by blocking ferritinophagy

AA Belaidi, S Masaldan, A Southon, P Kalinowski… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Allelic variation to the APOE gene confers the greatest genetic risk for sporadic Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Independent of genotype, low abundance of apolipoprotein E (apoE), is …