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Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.

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  1. Alzheimer disease models and human neuropathology: similarities and differences

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2007-11-16 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Animal models aim to replicate the symptoms, the lesions or the cause(s) of Alzheimer disease.

  2. Increase of disintergin metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10) expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cancer letters 2005-11-23 Drug development

    The A disintergin and metalloprotease (ADAM) superfamilies play important roles in angiogenesis, development, and tumorigenesis.

  3. Synaptic changes in Alzheimer's disease: increased amyloid-beta and gliosis in surviving terminals is accompanied by decreased PSD-95 fluorescence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The American journal of pathology 2004-11-01 Biomarkers

    In an effort to examine changes that precede synapse loss, we have measured amyloid-beta and a series of damage markers in the synaptic compartment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases.

  4. Idebenone treatment in Friedreich patients: One-year-long randomized placebo-controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neurology 2003-05-27 Biomarkers

    Filamentous tau inclusions in neurons and glia are neuropathological hallmarks of sporadic and familial tauopathies.

  5. Correction of alternative splicing of tau in frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2001-09-17 Drug development

    Mutations in the human tau gene cause frontotemporal dementia and Parkinsonism associated with chromosome 17 (FTDP-17).

  6. Apolipoprotein E is essential for amyloid deposition in the APP V717F transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1999-12-21 Genetics

    We quantified the amount of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) immunoreactivity as well as amyloid deposits in a large cohort of transgenic mice overexpressing the V717F human amyloid precursor protein (APP(V717F+/-) TG mice) with no, one, or two mouse apolipoprotein E (Apoe) alleles at various ages.

  7. Immunoreactivity against tau, amyloid precursor protein, and beta-amyloid in the human retina

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 1995-01-01 Drug development

    The proteins investigated in this study are present in the human retina.

  8. Superoxide dismutase activity in Alzheimer's disease: possible mechanism for paired helical filament formation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain research 1989-01-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Activity of the free radical scavenging enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD-1), was determined in fibroblast cell lines derived from familial Alzheimer's patients, trisomy 21 patients and normal controls.

  9. Customized Intranasal Hydrogel Delivering Methylene Blue Ameliorates Cognitive Dysfunction against Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 2024-03-01 Drug development

    The accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau protein aggregates is a key pathogenic event in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and induces mitochondrial dysfunction and reactive oxygen species overproduction.

  10. baz-2 enhances systemic proteostasis in vivo by regulating acetylcholine metabolism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell reports 2023-12-14 Disease mechanisms

    Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) or Huntington's disease (HD), are linked to protein aggregate neurotoxicity.

  11. Mutant-Huntingtin Molecular Pathways Elucidate New Targets for Drug Repurposing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2023-11-27 Drug development

    The spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases known today is quite extensive.

  12. Anti-tau intrabodies: From anti-tau immunoglobulins to the development of functional scFv intrabodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development 2023-11-14 Drug development

    Over the last decade, there has been a growing interest in intrabodies and their therapeutic potential.

  13. The Unfolded Protein Response in a Murine Model of Alzheimer's Disease: Looking for Predictors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2023-11-11 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents the most frequent type of dementia worldwide, and aging is the most important risk factor for the sporadic form of the pathology.

  14. Development of a P-tau217 Electrochemiluminescent Immunosensor Reinforced with Au-Cu Nanoparticles for Alzheimer's Disease Precaution

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. ACS chemical neuroscience 2023-11-08 Biomarkers

    To simply and rapidly detect the highly phosphorylated tau protein at threonine 217 (p-tau217) as a precautionary measure against Alzheimer's disease and distinguish it from other neurodegenerative diseases, a novel immunosensor was prepared using luminol as the electrochemiluminescent (ECL) sensing probe reinforced by Au-Cu nanoparticles (Au-Cu NPs).

  15. The role of TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease: from the perspective of Tau

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 2023-11-08 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2), a pattern recognition receptor abundantly expressed on microglia, has been identified as one of the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  16. Proteostasis and neurodegeneration: a closer look at autophagy in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2023-11-02 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of misfolded amyloid-beta and tau proteins.

  17. The therapeutic landscape of tauopathies: challenges and prospects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2023-10-06 Clinical trials

    Tauopathies are a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau.

  18. Developing a Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Human gene therapy 2023-10 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) is a rare early-onset form of Alzheimer's disease, caused by dominant mutations in one of three genes: presenilin 1, presenilin 2, and amyloid β precursor protein (APP).

  19. Biochemical and Molecular Pathways in Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Integrated View

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cells 2023-09-20 Disease mechanisms

    Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) like Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are defined by a myriad of complex aetiologies.

  20. Alzheimer's disease: From immunotherapy to immunoprevention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell 2023-09-19 Treatments

    Recent Aβ-immunotherapy trials have yielded the first clear evidence that removing aggregated Aβ from the brains of symptomatic patients can slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

  21. Increasing evidence implicates decreased energy metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunctions among the earliest pathogenic events of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  22. Highly functionalized diaminocyclopentanes: A new route to potent and selective inhibitors of human O-GlcNAcase

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Bioorganic chemistry 2023-08-28 Drug development

    A new class of compounds inhibiting de-O-glycosylation of proteins has been identified.

  23. Development of a three-dimensional organoid model to explore early retinal phenotypes associated with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Scientific reports 2023-08-24 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of Aβ plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, resulting in synaptic loss and neurodegeneration.

  24. Apolipoprotein E isoform does not influence trans-synaptic spread of tau pathology in a mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain and neuroscience advances 2023-08-17 Genetics

    A key hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau in neurofibrillary tangles.

  25. A Systematic Compilation of Human SH3 Domains: A Versatile Superfamily in Cellular Signaling

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cells 2023-08-12 Prevention trials

    SRC homology 3 (SH3) domains are fundamental modules that enable the assembly of protein complexes through physical interactions with a pool of proline-rich/noncanonical motifs from partner proteins.

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