Therapeutically harnessing extracellular vesicles

L Cheng, AF Hill - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The field of extracellular vesicle (EV) research has developed rapidly over the last decade
from the study of fundamental biology to a subject of significant clinical relevance. The …

Synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer disease

M Tzioras, RI McGeachan, CS Durrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cognitive decline in older
individuals accompanied by the presence of two pathological protein aggregates—amyloid …

Microglial activation and tau propagate jointly across Braak stages

TA Pascoal, AL Benedet, NJ Ashton, MS Kang… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Compelling experimental evidence suggests that microglial activation is involved in the
spread of tau tangles over the neocortex in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We tested the …

Neuroinflammation and microglial activation in Alzheimer disease: where do we go from here?

F Leng, P Edison - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of neurodegenerative disease, estimated
to contribute 60–70% of all cases of dementia worldwide. According to the prevailing …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration: from understanding to therapy

L Muzio, A Viotti, G Martino - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) acting as the
first line of defense in the brain by phagocytosing harmful pathogens and cellular debris …

The neuroimmune axis of Alzheimer's disease

M Jorfi, A Maaser-Hecker, RE Tanzi - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a genetically complex and heterogeneous disorder with
multifaceted neuropathological features, including β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary …

Synergy between amyloid-β and tau in Alzheimer's disease

MA Busche, BT Hyman - Nature neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) present with both extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ)
plaques and intracellular tau-containing neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. For many years …

Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders: the roles of microglia and astrocytes

HS Kwon, SH Koh - Translational neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's
disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Microglia and astrocytes …

ROS generation in microglia: understanding oxidative stress and inflammation in neurodegenerative disease

DSA Simpson, PL Oliver - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, are a global public health
burden with poorly understood aetiology. Neuroinflammation and oxidative stress (OS) are …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …