Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer's disease pathology and brain diseases

R Fernández-Calle, SC Konings… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in the CNS. There are three major human
polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4, and the genetic expression of APOE4 is one of …

Astrocytic and microglial cells as the modulators of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

D Singh - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is instigated by the misfiring of immune cells in the central nervous
system (CNS) involving microglia and astrocytes as key cell-types. Neuroinflammation is a …

Impaired insulin signalling and allostatic load in Alzheimer disease

FG De Felice, RA Gonçalves, ST Ferreira - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of insulin in 1921 revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and paved the way
for numerous studies on hormone signalling networks and actions in peripheral tissues and …

Reactive astrocytes acquire neuroprotective as well as deleterious signatures in response to Tau and Aß pathology

Z Jiwaji, SS Tiwari, RX Avilés-Reyes, M Hooley… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) alters astrocytes, but the effect of Aß and Tau pathology is poorly
understood. TRAP-seq translatome analysis of astrocytes in APP/PS1 ß-amyloidopathy and …

Altered glucose metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: role of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress

S Dewanjee, P Chakraborty, H Bhattacharya… - Free Radical Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence suggests that abnormal cerebral glucose metabolism is largely present
in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The brain utilizes glucose as its main energy source and a …

Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complexes in neurodegeneration

H Querfurth, HK Lee - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Novel targets to arrest neurodegeneration in several dementing conditions involving
misfolded protein accumulations may be found in the diverse signaling pathways of the …

Mechanisms of vascular aging

Z Ungvari, S Tarantini, AJ Donato, V Galvan… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Aging of the vasculature plays a central role in morbidity and mortality of older people. To
develop novel treatments for amelioration of unsuccessful vascular aging and prevention of …

Targeting the biology of aging with mTOR inhibitors

JB Mannick, DW Lamming - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of the protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) with the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapeutic rapamycin promotes health and longevity …

[HTML][HTML] mTOR as a central regulator of lifespan and aging

D Papadopoli, K Boulay, L Kazak, M Pollak… - …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key component of cellular
metabolism that integrates nutrient sensing with cellular processes that fuel cell growth and …