Alzheimer's disease associated with Down syndrome: a genetic form of dementia

J Fortea, SH Zaman, S Hartley, MS Rafii… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Adults with Down syndrome develop the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's
disease and are at very high risk of developing early-onset dementia, which is now the …

Clinical and research application of fluid biomarkers in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome

M Carmona-Iragui, A O'Connor, J Llibre-Guerra… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) and Down syndrome (DS) constitute
genetic forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study of these forms has been crucial in …

[HTML][HTML] Type-I-interferon signaling drives microglial dysfunction and senescence in human iPSC models of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease

M Jin, R Xu, L Wang, MM Alam, Z Ma, S Zhu… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Microglia are critical in brain development and Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiology. Down
syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic developmental disorder and risk factor for AD …

Early oxidative stress and DNA damage in Aβ-burdened hippocampal neurons in an Alzheimer's-like transgenic rat model

MK Foret, C Orciani, LA Welikovitch, C Huang… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Oxidative stress is a key contributor to AD pathology. However, the earliest role of pre-
plaque neuronal oxidative stress, remains elusive. Using laser microdissected hippocampal …

Impact of increased APP gene dose in Down syndrome and the Dp16 mouse model

M Sawa, C Overk, A Becker, D Derse… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction People with Down syndrome (DS) are predisposed to Alzheimer's
disease (AD). The amyloid hypothesis informs studies of AD. In AD‐DS, but not sporadic AD …

Luteolin treatment ameliorates brain development and behavioral performance in a mouse model of CDKL5 deficiency disorder

M Tassinari, N Mottolese, G Galvani, D Ferrara… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD), a rare and severe neurodevelopmental disease caused
by mutations in the X-linked CDKL 5 gene, is characterized by early-onset epilepsy …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal loss and inflammation preceding fibrillary tau pathology in a rat model with early human-like tauopathy

JT Emmerson, JC Malcolm, S Do Carmo… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the
microtubule associated protein tau undergoes conformational and posttranslational …

Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome

ML Russo, AMM Sousa, A Bhattacharyya - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The appearance of cognitive deficits and altered brain morphology in newborns with Down
syndrome (DS) suggests that these features are driven by disruptions at the earliest stages …

Blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome

L Montoliu-Gaya, A Strydom, K Blennow… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epidemiological evidence suggests that by the age of 40 years, all individuals with Down
syndrome (DS) have Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology. Clinical diagnosis of …

Innate immune system activation and neuroinflammation in Down syndrome and neurodegeneration: therapeutic targets or partners?

MM Ahmed, NR Johnson, TD Boyd… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Innate immune system activation and inflammation are associated with and may contribute
to clinical outcomes in people with Down syndrome (DS), neurodegenerative diseases such …