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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. Long-term inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 in Alzheimer's prone mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Experimental gerontology 2009-12-11 Drug development

    We tested here the impact of a long-term inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) with sitagliptin on the deposition of amyloid-beta within the brain and deficits in memory-related behavioral paradigms in a model of Alzheimer's disease (AD): double transgenic mice B6*Cg-Tg(APPswe,PSEN1dE9)85Dbo/J. Mice began to receive sitagliptin at 7 months of age.

  2. Mitochondrial bioenergetic deficit precedes Alzheimer's pathology in female mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009-08-10 Prevention and risk

    Mitochondrial dysfunction has been proposed to play a pivotal role in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  3. Beta-amyloid oligomers induce phosphorylation of tau and inactivation of insulin receptor substrate via c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling: suppression by omega-3 fatty acids and curcumin

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2009-07-01 Prevention and risk

    Both insulin resistance (type II diabetes) and beta-amyloid (Abeta) oligomers are implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  4. Impairment of synaptic plasticity and memory formation in GLP-1 receptor KO mice: Interaction between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Behavioural brain research 2009-06-30 Drug development

    Type 2 diabetes has been identified as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD).

  5. Regulation of mitochondrial respiratory chain biogenesis by estrogens/estrogen receptors and physiological, pathological and pharmacological implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Biochimica et biophysica acta 2009-06-23 Brain scans and imaging

    There has been increasing evidence pointing to the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) as a novel and important target for the actions of 17beta-estradiol (E(2)) and estrogen receptors (ER) in a number of cell types and tissues that have high demands for mitochondrial energy metabolism.

  6. Hyperglycemia and Glycation in Diabetic Complications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling 2009-06-02 Brain scans and imaging

    Increasing evidence indicates that hyperglycemia is the initiating cause of the tissue damage occurring in diabetes, either through repeated acute changes in cellular glucose metabolism, or through the long-term accumulation of glycated biomolecules and advanced glycation end products (AGEs).

  7. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) protects against methylglyoxal-induced PC12 cell apoptosis through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR/GCLc/redox signaling pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuroscience 2009-05-20 Drug development

    Patients with long-standing diabetes commonly develop diabetic encephalopathy, which is characterized by cognitive impairment and dementia.

  8. Oxidative stress and metabolic syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Life sciences 2009-03-09 Disease mechanisms

    Metabolic syndrome is a collection of cardiometabolic risk factors that includes obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension and dyslipidemia.

  9. AMPK and the biochemistry of exercise: implications for human health and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Biochemical journal 2009-03-01 Prevention trials

    AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) is a phylogenetically conserved fuel-sensing enzyme that is present in all mammalian cells.

  10. Glutathione dysregulation and the etiology and progression of human diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Biological chemistry 2009-03-01 Disease mechanisms

    Glutathione (GSH) plays an important role in a multitude of cellular processes, including cell differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, and as a result, disturbances in GSH homeostasis are implicated in the etiology and/or progression of a number of human diseases, including cancer, diseases of aging, cystic fibrosis, and cardiovascular, inflammatory, immune, metabolic, and neurodegenerative diseases.

  11. Antidiabetic drug metformin (GlucophageR) increases biogenesis of Alzheimer's amyloid peptides via up-regulating BACE1 transcription

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009-02-23 Drug development

    Epidemiological, clinical and experimental evidence suggests a link between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  12. Statins: mechanisms of neuroprotection

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Progress in neurobiology 2009-02-21 Drug development

    Clinical trials report that the class of drugs known as statins may be neuroprotective in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, and further trials are currently underway to test whether these drugs are also beneficial in multiple sclerosis and acute stroke treatment.

  13. Mammalian nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from structure to function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Physiological reviews 2009-01-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    The classical studies of nicotine by Langley at the turn of the 20th century introduced the concept of a "receptive substance," from which the idea of a "receptor" came to light.

  14. Glutamate and neurotrophic factors in neuronal plasticity and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2008-11-01 Disease mechanisms

    Glutamate's role as a neurotransmitter at synapses has been known for 40 years, but glutamate has since been shown to regulate neurogenesis, neurite outgrowth, synaptogenesis, and neuron survival in the developing and adult mammalian nervous system.

  15. New roles for insulin-like hormones in neuronal signalling and protection: new hopes for novel treatments of Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2008-10-18 Drug development

    Type 2 diabetes has been identified as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  16. Nitrones as therapeutics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Free radical biology & medicine 2008-08-29 Risk factors

    Nitrones have the general chemical formula X-CH=NO-Y. They were first used to trap free radicals in chemical systems and then subsequently in biochemical systems.

  17. ApoE promotes the proteolytic degradation of Abeta

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2008-06-01 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E is associated with age-related risk for Alzheimer's disease and plays critical roles in Abeta homeostasis.

  18. Therapeutic applications of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): a review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. PubMed 2008-06-01 Risk factors

    The pomegranate, Punica granatum L., is an ancient, mystical, unique fruit borne on a small, long-living tree cultivated throughout the Mediterranean region, as far north as the Himalayas, in Southeast Asia, and in California and Arizona in the United States.

  19. Curcuminoids inhibit multiple human cytochromes P450, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, and sulfotransferase enzymes, whereas piperine is a relatively selective CYP3A4 inhibitor

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals 2008-05-14 Disease mechanisms

    Curcuminoid extract and piperine are being evaluated for beneficial effects in Alzheimer's disease, among other intractable disorders.

  20. Physiological effects of melatonin: role of melatonin receptors and signal transduction pathways

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Progress in neurobiology 2008-04-16 Brain scans and imaging

    Melatonin, an endogenous signal of darkness, is an important component of the body's internal time-keeping system.

  21. GLP-1 agonists facilitate hippocampal LTP and reverse the impairment of LTP induced by beta-amyloid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. European journal of pharmacology 2008-03-29 Drug development

    Type 2 diabetes mellitus has been identified as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, and insulin signalling is often impaired in Alzheimer's disease, contributing to the neurodegenerative process.

  22. Carbonic anhydrases: novel therapeutic applications for inhibitors and activators

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Drug discovery 2008-02-01 Risk factors

    Carbonic anhydrases (CAs), a group of ubiquitously expressed metalloenzymes, are involved in numerous physiological and pathological processes, including gluconeogenesis, lipogenesis, ureagenesis, tumorigenicity and the growth and virulence of various pathogens.

  23. Oxidative stress and neurotoxicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Chemical research in toxicology 2007-12-04 Disease mechanisms

    There is increasing awareness of the ubiquitous role of oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disease states.

  24. Parkinson's disease: a dual-hit hypothesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuropathology and applied neurobiology 2007-10-24 Mild cognitive impairment

    Accumulating evidence suggests that sporadic Parkinson's disease has a long prodromal period during which several non-motor features develop, in particular, impairment of olfaction, vagal dysfunction and sleep disorder.

  25. Amyloid beta oligomers induce impairment of neuronal insulin receptors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2007-08-24 Disease mechanisms

    Recent studies have indicated an association between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and central nervous system (CNS) insulin resistance.

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