Peripheral mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: focus on lymphocytes

K Leuner, K Schulz, T Schütt, J Pantel, D Prvulovic… - Molecular …, 2012 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disease.
Today, AD affects millions of people worldwide and the number of AD cases will increase …

Truncation of tau protein and its pathological significance in Alzheimer's disease

F Garcia-Sierra… - Journal of …, 2008 - content.iospress.com
Abnormal posttranslational modifications of tau protein lead it to aggregate into paired
helical filaments in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The mechanisms involved in the early …

Five-year survival after Helicobacter pylori eradication in Alzheimer disease patients

J Kountouras, M Boziki, E Gavalas… - Cognitive and …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective We tested the hypothesis that eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection (Hp-I)
could improve survival in a Greek cohort of AD patients, in a 5-year follow-up. Method Forty …

Can platelet activation result in increased plasma Aβ levels and contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease?

MG Carbone, G Pagni, C Tagliarini, BP Imbimbo… - Ageing Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the central lesions in the brain of subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is
represented by aggregates of β-amyloid (Aβ), a peptide of 40–42 amino acids derived from …

Temporal and sex-linked protein expression dynamics in a familial model of Alzheimer's Disease

FBTP Lopes, D Schlatzer, R Wang, X Li, E Feng… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2022 - ASBMB
Mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) show progression through stages reflective of
human pathology. Proteomics identification of temporal and sex-linked factors driving AD …

[HTML][HTML] Platelets and Alzheimer's disease: Potential of APP as a biomarker

G Evin, QX Li - World journal of psychiatry, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Platelets are the first peripheral source of amyloid precursor protein (APP). They possess the
proteolytic machinery to produce Aβ and fragments similar to those produced in neurons …

Amyloid β peptide stimulates platelet activation through RhoA‐dependent modulation of actomyosin organization

VK Sonkar, PP Kulkarni, D Dash - The FASEB Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Platelets contribute to 95% of circulating amyloid precursor protein in the body and have
widely been employed as a “peripheral” model of neurons in Alzheimer's disease. We …

Association of lipid rafts cholesterol with clinical profile in fragile X syndrome

A Toupin, S Benachenhou, A Abolghasemi, A Laroui… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most prevalent monogenic cause of intellectual disability
and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Affected individuals have a high prevalence of …

Oxidative stress and aberrant cell cycle in Alzheimer's disease lymphocytes: diagnostic prospects

J Wojsiat, C Prandelli… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), molecular changes are observed not only in patients' neurons
but also in peripheral cells, such as blood lymphocytes. These include changes in the level …

Peripheral inflammatory biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: the role of platelets

T Casoli, G Di Stefano, M Balietti, M Solazzi, B Giorgetti… - Biogerontology, 2010 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease is an age-dependent neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss
of neurons, synaptic degeneration, senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Besides these …