Inconsistencies and controversies surrounding the amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease

GP Morris, IA Clark, B Vissel - Acta neuropathologica communications, 2014 - Springer
The amyloid hypothesis has driven drug development strategies for Alzheimer's disease for
over 20 years. We review why accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers is generally …

Effects of neurotrophic factors in glial cells in the central nervous system: expression and properties in neurodegeneration and injury

S Pöyhönen, S Er, A Domanskyi… - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia are abundant cell types found in the central
nervous system and have been shown to play crucial roles in regulating both normal and …

GDNF, NGF and BDNF as therapeutic options for neurodegeneration

SJ Allen, JJ Watson, DK Shoemark, NU Barua… - Pharmacology & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), and the neurotrophin nerve growth factor
(NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are important for the survival …

Amyloid precursor protein processing and Alzheimer's disease

RJ O'brien, PC Wong - Annual review of neuroscience, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia worldwide, is characterized by the
accumulation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) within the brain along with hyperphosphorylated …

Neurodegenerative tauopathies

VMY Lee, M Goedert… - Annual review of …, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The defining neuropathological characteristics of Alzheimer's disease are
abundant filamentous tau lesions and deposits of fibrillar amyloid β peptides. Prominent …

Tau-mediated neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

C Ballatore, VMY Lee, JQ Trojanowski - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2007 - nature.com
Advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of tau-mediated neurodegeneration in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related tauopathies, which are characterized by prominent …

Mutations in progranulin cause tau-negative frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 17

M Baker, IR Mackenzie, SM Pickering-Brown, J Gass… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the second most common cause of dementia in people
under the age of 65 years. A large proportion of FTD patients (35–50%) have a family history …

Microglia-neuron crosstalk: Signaling mechanism and control of synaptic transmission

S Marinelli, B Basilico, MC Marrone… - Seminars in cell & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The continuous crosstalk between microglia and neurons is required for microglia
housekeeping functions and contributes to brain homeostasis. Through these exchanges …

Multi-target-directed ligands to combat neurodegenerative diseases

A Cavalli, ML Bolognesi, A Minarini… - Journal of medicinal …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Our understanding of the pathogenesis of diseases has advanced enormously in recent
decades. As a consequence, drug discovery has gradually shifted from an entirely …

Factors that influence adult neurogenesis as potential therapy

B Shohayeb, M Diab, M Ahmed, DCH Ng - Translational …, 2018 - Springer
Adult neurogenesis involves persistent proliferative neuroprogenitor populations that reside
within distinct regions of the brain. This phenomenon was first described over 50 years ago …