Oxidative stress, dysfunctional glucose metabolism and Alzheimer disease

DA Butterfield, B Halliwell - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a major cause of age-related dementia. We do not fully
understand AD aetiology and pathogenesis, but oxidative damage is a key component. The …

Oxidative Stress‐Mediated Blood‐Brain Barrier (BBB) Disruption in Neurological Diseases

K Song, Y Li, H Zhang, N An, Y Wei… - Oxidative medicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The blood‐brain barrier (BBB), as a crucial gate of brain‐blood molecular exchange, is
involved in the pathogenesis of multiple neurological diseases. Oxidative stress is caused …

Pharmacotherapies for Alzheimer's disease: beyond cholinesterase inhibitors

HO Tayeb, HD Yang, BH Price, FI Tarazi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2012 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of memory impairment and dementia in
the elderly. AD is pathologically characterized by extracellular deposits of beta-amyloid (Aβ) …

Heat shock proteins and hormesis in the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

S Dattilo, C Mancuso, G Koverech, P Di Mauro… - Immunity & …, 2015 - Springer
Modulation of endogenous cellular defense mechanisms via the vitagene system represents
an innovative approach to therapeutic intervention in diseases causing chronic tissue …

DHCR24 reverses Alzheimer's disease-related pathology and cognitive impairment via increasing hippocampal cholesterol levels in 5xFAD mice

W Zhang, Y Huang, X Guo, M Zhang, X Yuan… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2023 - Springer
Accumulating evidences reveal that cellular cholesterol deficiency could trigger the onset of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). As a key regulator, 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR24) …

Blood-brain barrier integrity and glial support: mechanisms that can be targeted for novel therapeutic approaches in stroke

PT Ronaldson, TP Davis - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a critical regulator of brain homeostasis. Additionally, the
BBB is the most significant obstacle to effective CNS drug delivery. It possesses specific …

Cholesterol metabolism in Huntington disease

JM Karasinska, MR Hayden - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2011 - nature.com
The CNS is rich in cholesterol, which is essential for neuronal development and survival,
synapse maturation, and optimal synaptic activity. Alterations in brain cholesterol …

The 2013 SFRBM discovery award: selected discoveries from the butterfield laboratory of oxidative stress and its sequela in brain in cognitive disorders exemplified by …

DA Butterfield - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
This retrospective review on discoveries of the roles of oxidative stress in brain of subjects
with Alzheimer disease (AD) and animal models thereof as well as brain from animal models …

Stress responses, vitagenes and hormesis as critical determinants in aging and longevity: Mitochondria as a “chi”

C Cornelius, R Perrotta, A Graziano, EJ Calabrese… - Immunity & …, 2013 - Springer
Understanding mechanisms of aging and determinants of life span will help to reduce age-
related morbidity and facilitate healthy aging. Average lifespan has increased over the last …

Modulatory role of simvastatin against aluminium chloride‐induced behavioural and biochemical changes in rats

M Nampoothiri, J John, N Kumar, J Mudgal… - Behavioural …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. Aluminium, a neurotoxic agent in humans, has been implicated in the
pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. In this study, we examined the behavioral …