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  1. Tau immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International immunopharmacology 2022-11-18 Drug development

    Tubulin-associated unit (tau) has been associated with more than 25 neurological disorders-the so-called tauopathies.

  2. Aluminum neurotoxicity and autophagy: a mechanistic view

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurological research 2022-10-08 Disease mechanisms

    It is strongly believed that aluminum is one of the insalubrious agents because of its neurotoxicity effects and influences on amyloid β (Aβ) production and tau protein hyperphosphorylation following oxidative stress, as one of the initial events in neurotoxicity.

  3. The Transcranial Light Therapy Improves Synaptic Plasticity in the Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain sciences 2022-09-21 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the main cause of dementia worldwide.

  4. Distinct neurotoxic TDP-43 fibril polymorphs are generated by heterotypic interactions with α-Synuclein

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2022-09-16 Brain tissue and pathology

    Amyloid aggregates of specific proteins constitute important pathological hallmarks in many neurodegenerative diseases, defining neuronal degeneration and disease onset.

  5. A genetically modified minipig model for Alzheimer's disease with SORL1 haploinsufficiency

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell reports. Medicine 2022-09-12 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The established causal genes in Alzheimer's disease (AD), APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2, are functionally characterized using biomarkers, capturing an in vivo profile reflecting the disease's initial preclinical phase.

  6. TauLUM, an in vivo Drosophila sensor of tau multimerization, identifies neuroprotective interventions in tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell reports methods 2022-09-09 Drug development

    Tau protein aggregates are a defining neuropathological feature of "tauopathies," a group of neurodegenerative disorders that include Alzheimer's disease.

  7. Active immunotherapy against pathogenic Cis pT231-tau suppresses neurodegeneration in traumatic brain injury mouse models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuropeptides 2022-09-03 Drug development

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI), characterized by acute neurological impairment, is associated with a higher incidence of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD), whose hallmarks include hyperphosphorylated tau protein.

  8. LATE-NC aggravates GVD-mediated necroptosis in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2022-09-03 Brain tissue and pathology

    Recently, we found that all proteins required for necroptosis execution, a previously defined programmed form of neuronal cell death, are present in GVD, such as the phosphorylated necroptosis executioner mixed-lineage kinase domain-like protein (pMLKL).

  9. Role of Aβ in Alzheimer's-related synaptic dysfunction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 2022-08-26 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic dysfunction is closely related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) which is also recognized as synaptic disorder. β-amyloid (Aβ) is one of the main pathogenic factors in AD, which disrupts synaptic plasticity and mediates the synaptic toxicity through different mechanisms.

  10. Circadian dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease - An updated review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) 2022-08-15 Risk factors

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is considered to be the most typical form of dementia that provokes irreversible cognitive impairment.

  11. α-Enolase reduces cerebrovascular Aβ deposits by protecting Aβ amyloid formation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 2022-08-02 Vascular contributions

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characterized by cerebrovascular amyloid β (Aβ) deposits and causes dementia and cerebral hemorrhage.

  12. Novel potent liposome agonists of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 phenocopy antibody treatment in cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Glia 2022-08-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The receptor Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is associated with several neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's Disease and TREM2 stimulation represents a novel therapeutic opportunity.

  13. Comparative study of rivastigmine and galantamine on the transgenic Drosophila model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current research in pharmacology and drug discovery 2022-07-31 Treatments

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is characterized as a progressive neurodegenerative disease most commonly associated with memory deficits and cognitive decline.

  14. Molecular signatures underlying neurofibrillary tangle susceptibility in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuron 2022-07-25 Genetics

    Tau aggregation in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) is closely associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  15. Inhibition of Microtubule Affinity Regulating Kinase 4 by Metformin: Exploring the Neuroprotective Potential of Antidiabetic Drug through Spectroscopic and Computational Approaches

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2022-07-21 Drug development

    Microtubule affinity regulating kinase 4 (MARK4) regulates the mechanism of microtubules by its ability to phosphorylate the microtubule-associated proteins (MAP's).

  16. Donepezil ameliorates Aβ pathology but not tau pathology in 5xFAD mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular brain 2022-07-18 Treatments

    The cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil is used to improve Aβ pathology and cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  17. Favorably against the odds - autophagy control despite advanced amyloid- ß toxicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Autophagy reports 2022-05-30 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is a devastating condition associated with loss of proteostasis control and autophagy failure, leading to progressive neuronal cell death.

  18. Impact of APOE genotype on prion-type propagation of tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2022-04-19 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein (APOE) is a major risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with the E2, E3 and E4 isoforms differentially regulating the burden of AD-associated neuropathologies, such as amyloid β and tau.

  19. Repurposing small-molecule drugs for modulating toxic protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Drug discovery today 2022-04-06 Drug development

    Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are often age-related disorders that can cause dementia in people, usually over 65 years old, are still lacking effective therapies.

  20. The development of ADAM10 endocytosis inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2022-04-04 Disease mechanisms

    The development of new therapeutic avenues that target the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is urgently necessary.

  21. CRISPR-Cas9 treatment partially restores amyloid-β 42/40 in human fibroblasts with the Alzheimer's disease PSEN 1 M146L mutation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids 2022-03-28 Biomarkers

    Presenilin 1 (PS1) is a central component of γ-secretase, an enzymatic complex involved in the generation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide that deposits as plaques in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain.

  22. α-Synuclein at the Presynaptic Axon Terminal as a Double-Edged Sword

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Biomolecules 2022-03-27 Brain tissue and pathology

    α-synuclein (α-syn) is a presynaptic, lipid-binding protein strongly associated with the neuropathology observed in Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

  23. Modulation of amyloid precursor protein cleavage by γ-secretase activating protein through phase separation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2022-03-17 Biomarkers

    Aberrant cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by γ-secretase is closely associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). γ-secretase activating protein (GSAP) specifically promotes γ-secretase–mediated cleavage of APP.

  24. Are apolipoprotein E fragments a promising new therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Therapeutic advances in chronic disease 2022-03-17 Genetics

    Human apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a 299-amino acid secreted glycoprotein that binds cholesterol and phospholipids.

  25. Enhancing autophagy in Alzheimer's disease through drug repositioning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Pharmacology & therapeutics 2022-03-16 Drug development

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the biggest human health threats due to increases in aging of the global population.

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