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  1. Precision Nanocrystal Theranostics for Neurodegenerative Proteopathies: Strategies to Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier and Target Protein Aggregation 2026-10-26
  2. Temporal Proteomics Links the APP London Mutation to Early Cholesterol Remodeling Cell Programs in Human Neurons 2026-10-24
  3. Stimulating microglial neuroinflammation with amyloid-beta oligomers compatible with solid-state NMR structural characterization 2026-10-20

Studies

344 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1985 to 2026

Top journals

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 35
  • Nature 23
  • The Journal of biological chemistry 15
  • Neuron 14
  • Science (New York, N.Y.) 12

147 journals in all.

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  1. The case for rejecting the amyloid cascade hypothesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2015-06-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a biologically complex neurodegenerative dementia.

  2. Sphingolipid metabolism correlates with cerebrospinal fluid Beta amyloid levels in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. PloS one 2015-05-04 Tau biomarkers

    Sphingolipids are important in many brain functions but their role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not completely defined.

  3. The aqueous phase of Alzheimer's disease brain contains assemblies built from ∼4 and ∼7 kDa Aβ species

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2015-04-04 Biomarkers

    Further analysis of brain-derived ∼7 kDa Aβ species, the mechanism by which they assemble and the structures they form should reveal therapeutic and diagnostic opportunities.

  4. Cleavage of amyloid precursor protein by an archaeal presenilin homologue PSH

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2015-03-02 Biomarkers

    Aberrant cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by γ-secretase contributes to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

  5. Presenilin-1 knockin mice reveal loss-of-function mechanism for familial Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2015-03-01 Biomarkers

    Presenilins play essential roles in memory formation, synaptic function, and neuronal survival.

  6. Enhanced glutathione PEGylated liposomal brain delivery of an anti-amyloid single domain antibody fragment in a mouse model for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 2015-02-07 Treatments

    Treatment of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease is hampered by the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

  7. The potent BACE1 inhibitor LY2886721 elicits robust central Aβ pharmacodynamic responses in mice, dogs, and humans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2015-01-01 Treatments

    BACE1 is a key protease controlling the formation of amyloid β, a peptide hypothesized to play a significant role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  8. Effect of potent γ-secretase modulator in human neurons derived from multiple presenilin 1-induced pluripotent stem cell mutant carriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2014-12-01 Biomarkers

    This biomarker discrepancy is likely due to overexpression of amyloid precursor protein in the transformed cellular models.

  9. Alzheimer presenilin-1 mutations dramatically reduce trimming of long amyloid β-peptides (Aβ) by γ-secretase to increase 42-to-40-residue Aβ

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2014-09-19 Biomarkers

    The presenilin-containing γ-secretase complex produces the amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) through intramembrane proteolysis, and >100 presenilin mutations are associated with familial early-onset Alzheimer disease (AD).

  10. Full-length TDP-43 forms toxic amyloid oligomers that are present in frontotemporal lobar dementia-TDP patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature communications 2014-09-12 Treatments

    Proteinaceous inclusions are common hallmarks of many neurodegenerative diseases.

  11. Enhancing astrocytic lysosome biogenesis facilitates Aβ clearance and attenuates amyloid plaque pathogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2014-07-01 Biomarkers

    In sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), impaired Aβ removal contributes to elevated extracellular Aβ levels that drive amyloid plaque pathogenesis.

  12. The amyloid state and its association with protein misfolding diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology 2014-06-01 Risk factors

    The phenomenon of protein aggregation and amyloid formation has become the subject of rapidly increasing research activities across a wide range of scientific disciplines.

  13. Single App knock-in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2014-04-13 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Experimental studies of Alzheimer's disease have largely depended on transgenic mice overexpressing amyloid precursor protein (APP).

  14. Pathways to Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of internal medicine 2014-03-01 Treatments

    Recent trials of anti-amyloid agents have not produced convincing improvements in clinical outcome in Alzheimer's disease; however, the reason for these poor or inconclusive results remains unclear.

  15. Characterization and molecular profiling of PSEN1 familial Alzheimer's disease iPSC-derived neural progenitors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. PloS one 2014-01-08 Biomarkers

    Presenilin 1 (PSEN1) encodes the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase, and PSEN1 mutations are the most common cause of early onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD).

  16. Familial Alzheimer's mutations within APPTM increase Aβ42 production by enhancing accessibility of ε-cleavage site

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature communications 2014-01-01 Biomarkers

    The high Aβ42/Aβ40 production ratio is a hallmark of familial Alzheimer's disease, which can be caused by mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP).

  17. Increased brain penetration and potency of a therapeutic antibody using a monovalent molecular shuttle

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2014-01-01 Vascular contributions

    Although biotherapeutics have vast potential for treating brain disorders, their use has been limited due to low exposure across the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

  18. PSEN1 and PSEN2 gene expression in Alzheimer's disease brain: a new approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2014 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Presenilin 1 (PSEN1) and presenilin 2 (PSEN2) genes encode the major component of y-secretase, which is responsible for sequential proteolytic cleavages of amyloid precursor proteins and the subsequent formation of amyloid-β peptides. 150 RNA samples from the entorhinal cortex, auditory cortex and hippocampal regions of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and controls elderly subjects were analyzed with using real-time rtPCR.

  19. Glial fibrillary acidic protein isoform expression in plaque related astrogliosis in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2013-10-23 Biomarkers

    In Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyloid plaques are surrounded by reactive astrocytes with an increased expression of intermediate filaments including glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).

  20. Aβ monomers transiently sample oligomer and fibril-like configurations: ensemble characterization using a combined MD/NMR approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of molecular biology 2013-06-25 Biomarkers

    Amyloid β (Aβ) peptides are a primary component of fibrils and oligomers implicated in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  21. Adhesion molecule L1 binds to amyloid beta and reduces Alzheimer's disease pathology in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2013-04-29 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of elderly dementia.

  22. The "amyloid-β (Aβ) hypothesis" posits that accumulating Aβ peptides (Aβs) produced by neurons cause Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  23. The case for soluble Aβ oligomers as a drug target in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Trends in pharmacological sciences 2013-04-10 Treatments

    Soluble Aβ oligomers are now widely recognized as key pathogenic structures in Alzheimer's disease.

  24. Efficient in vivo delivery of antisense oligonucleotide to choroid plexus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of medical and dental sciences 2013-03-01 Drug development

    The choroid plexus (CP) is present on the ventricular walls of the brain, produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), contains many blood vessels, and is a major functional component of the blood-CSF barrier.

  25. Modeling Alzheimer's disease with iPSCs reveals stress phenotypes associated with intracellular Aβ and differential drug responsiveness

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cell stem cell 2013-02-21 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Oligomeric forms of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) are thought to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the mechanism involved is still unclear.

  26. Alzheimer's disease mutations in APP but not γ-secretase modulators affect epsilon-cleavage-dependent AICD production

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature communications 2013-01-01 Biomarkers

    Pathological amino-acid substitutions in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and chemical γ-secretase modulators affect the processing of APP by the γ-secretase complex and the production of the amyloid-beta peptide Aβ42, the accumulation of which is considered causative of Alzheimer's disease.

  27. Pericyte loss influences Alzheimer-like neurodegeneration in mice

    ⚠ Retracted — do not rely on it alzhub usefulness score 13 out of 100. Nature communications 2013-01-01 Vascular contributions

    Pericytes are cells in the blood-brain barrier that degenerate in Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurological disorder associated with neurovascular dysfunction, abnormal elevation of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ), tau pathology and neuronal loss.

  28. Presenilin-1 adopts pathogenic conformation in normal aging and in sporadic Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2012-11-09 Biomarkers

    Accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, inflammation and synaptic and neuronal loss are some of the major neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  29. Attenuating astrocyte activation accelerates plaque pathogenesis in APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2012-10-04 Biomarkers

    The accumulation of aggregated amyloid-β (Aβ) in amyloid plaques is a neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  30. Role of genes linked to sporadic Alzheimer's disease risk in the production of β-amyloid peptides

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012-09-04 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the presence of toxic protein aggregates or plaques composed of the amyloid β (Aβ) peptide.

  31. Early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (EOFAD)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques 2012-07 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (EOFAD) is a condition characterized by early onset dementia (age at onset < 65 years) and a positive family history for dementia.

  32. Biochemistry of amyloid β-protein and amyloid deposits in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine 2012-06-01 Treatments

    Progressive cerebral deposition of the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) in brain regions serving memory and cognition is an invariant and defining feature of Alzheimer disease.

  33. Amyloid-beta (Aβ) D7H mutation increases oligomeric Aβ42 and alters properties of Aβ-zinc/copper assemblies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. PloS one 2012-04-30 Biomarkers

    Amyloid precursor protein (APP) mutations associated with familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) usually lead to increases in amyloid β-protein (Aβ) levels or aggregation.

  34. Presenilin-1 L166P mutant human pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons exhibit partial loss of γ-secretase activity in endogenous amyloid-β generation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The American journal of pathology 2012-04-14 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia.

  35. Gantenerumab: a novel human anti-Aβ antibody demonstrates sustained cerebral amyloid-β binding and elicits cell-mediated removal of human amyloid-β

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2012-01-01 Treatments

    The amyloid-β lowering capacity of anti-Aβ antibodies has been demonstrated in transgenic models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in AD patients.

  36. The extracellular chaperone clusterin sequesters oligomeric forms of the amyloid-β(1-40) peptide

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature structural & molecular biology 2011-12-18 Genetics

    In recent genome-wide association studies, the extracellular chaperone protein, clusterin, has been identified as a newly-discovered risk factor in Alzheimer's disease.

  37. Structural basis for increased toxicity of pathological aβ42:aβ40 ratios in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2011-12-08 Biomarkers

    The β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) is directly related to neurotoxicity in Alzheimer disease (AD).

  38. The amyloid β-peptide (Aβ), strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), is produced from the amyloid β-protein precursor (APP) through consecutive proteolysis by β- and γ-secretases.

  39. Modeling familial Alzheimer's disease with induced pluripotent stem cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Human Molecular Genetics 2011-09-07 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of age-related dementia, characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive disturbance.

  40. The amyloid cascade hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease: an appraisal for the development of therapeutics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Drug discovery 2011-08-19 Clinical trials

    The amyloid cascade hypothesis, which posits that the deposition of the amyloid-β peptide in the brain is a central event in Alzheimer's disease pathology, has dominated research for the past twenty years.

  41. Anti-amyloid therapy protects against retinal pigmented epithelium damage and vision loss in a model of age-related macular degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011-06-20 Treatments

    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of visual dysfunction worldwide.

  42. Boosting brain uptake of a therapeutic antibody by reducing its affinity for a transcytosis target

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2011-05-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Monoclonal antibodies have therapeutic potential for treating diseases of the central nervous system, but their accumulation in the brain is limited by the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

  43. APP processing in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Molecular brain 2011-01-07 Risk genes beyond APOE

    An important pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the presence of extracellular senile plaques in the brain.

  44. Amyloid precursor protein processing and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annual review of neuroscience 2011-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia worldwide, is characterized by the accumulation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) within the brain along with hyperphosphorylated and cleaved forms of the microtubule-associated protein tau.

  45. Abeta42 neurotoxicity is mediated by ongoing nucleated polymerization process rather than by discrete Abeta42 species

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-12-14 Treatments

    The identification of toxic Aβ species and/or the process of their formation is crucial for understanding the mechanism(s) of Aβ neurotoxicity in Alzheimer disease and also for the development of effective diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

  46. Reimagining Alzheimer's disease--an age-based hypothesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2010-12-01 Getting a diagnosis

    The historical roots of Alzheimer's disease provide a sound conceptual basis for linking the behavioral and neurological symptoms of the disease with the frequently associated pathology of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.

  47. Activation and intrinsic gamma-secretase activity of presenilin 1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010-11-29 Biomarkers

    A complex composed of presenilin (PS), nicastrin, PEN-2, and APH-1 is absolutely required for γ-secretase activity in vivo.

  48. Neurotoxicity of Alzheimer's disease Aβ peptides is induced by small changes in the Aβ42 to Aβ40 ratio

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The EMBO journal 2010-09-03 Treatments

    The amyloid peptides Aβ(40) and Aβ(42) of Alzheimer's disease are thought to contribute differentially to the disease process.

  49. Modulation of gamma-secretase reduces beta-amyloid deposition in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2010-09-01 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized pathologically by the abundance of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain.

  50. Why pleiotropic interventions are needed for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2010-05-02 Treatments

    This approach would not only focus on blocking early events in pathogenesis, but also adequately correct for loss of synapses, substrates for neuroprotective pathways (e.g., docosahexaenoic acid), defects in energy metabolism, and adverse consequences of inappropriate compensatory responses (aberrant sprouting).

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