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Chronic psychological stress is a well-known risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer disease (AD), yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
Why it matters
In cell and animal models, the stress hormone corticosterone raised Psen2 and deleting Psen2 prevented corticosterone-induced death of adult hippocampal neural stem cells, but the Psen2 N141I mutation did not worsen this death or behavioral deficits. The authors conclude that the Psen2 N141I mutation alone may not be sufficient to link chronic stress to Alzheimer's disease.
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The human brain is one of the most metabolically active tissues in the body, due in large part to the activity of trillions of synaptic connections.
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This review discusses autophagy and mitophagy at the synapse and their links to neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's. It summarizes research in cells and animal models and discusses diagnostic and therapeutic potential, but does not demonstrate any treatment, cure or prevention.
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Impaired glucose metabolism in adult Down Syndrome (DS) has been well-documented in vivo and information on the underlying biochemical defect i.e. aberrant glucose handling enzymes is already available.
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In fetal Down syndrome brain tissue, levels of several carbohydrate-handling enzymes were comparable to controls. This laboratory finding concerns early development and provides no basis for treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Down syndrome (DS) brains, from 19 gestational weeks to 50 years of age were studied by immunohistochemical methods with a polyclonal antibody against synthetic peptide comprising part of the Kunitz-type protease inhibitor (KPI) domain of Alzheimer disease amyloid precursor protein (APP), residues 301 to 323 of APP 770.
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In brain tissue from people with Down syndrome, a Kunitz-type protease inhibitor part of the amyloid precursor protein was found at high levels in cerebral blood vessels from infancy onward, and this was reduced in those with Alzheimer-type dementia. The authors suggest this high vessel expression may be one factor predisposing to vascular disease and amyloid deposition in Down syndrome.
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La aprobación de lecanemab y donanemab para el tratamiento de la enfermedad de Alzheimer temprana plantea nuevos desafíos para la neurología vascular, principalmente por la aparición de anomalías en las imágenes relacionadas con el amiloide (ARIA).
Why it matters
The approval of lecanemab and donanemab for early Alzheimer's disease raises new challenges for vascular neurology, mainly because of ARIA, which can appear as brain edema or sulcal effusions (ARIA-E) and as microhemorrhages, superficial siderosis, or macrohemorrhages (ARIA-H). The authors note that APOE ε4 genotype and drug dose are main risk factors, that ARIA symptoms can be mistaken for acute cerebrovascular events, and that the coexistence of Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, ARIA, and cerebrovascular disease requires reconsidering the use of anticoagulants and thrombolytics.
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Las enfermedades neurodegenerativas representan un importante problema de salud pública debido a su creciente prevalencia y al carácter progresivo e irreversible del daño neuronal que producen.
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This systematic review of 38 studies found that plasma p-tau217 had the highest diagnostic performance for Alzheimer's disease, followed by p-tau181, GFAP, NfL and the Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio, and that combining markers improves detection. The review supports early diagnosis but notes that diagnosis is often made late and does not report a treatment or cure.
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Dysfunctional GAA results in widespread glycogen accumulation leading to muscle weakness, cardiovascular and breathing problems and premature death.
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This study is about spinal microglia in a rat model of Pompe disease, not Alzheimer's disease. It reports that these microglia were not pro-inflammatory but acquired some disease-associated microglia characteristics, and provides no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's.
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Các bệnh lý như lao và Alzheimer đòi hỏi phát hiện sớm với độ nhạy cao để can thiệp kịp thời, tuy nhiên các kỹ thuật hiện nay như ELISA, PCR còn hạn chế về chi phí và độ nhạy. Những tiến bộ gần đây trong công nghệ nano cho thấy hạt nano vàng vỏ đồng kết hợp sinh phẩm tái tổ hợp (protein hoặc aptamer) có thể khuếch đại tín hiệu màu, mở ra triển vọng cho chẩn đoán sớm siêu nhạy. Bài tổng quan này phân tích cơ chế kỹ thuật xét nghiệm kháng nguyên bằng sự hình thành vỏ nano đồng trên hạt vàng, trong đó ion Cu²⁺ được khử bởi natri ascorbate trên bề mặt AuNPs với vai trò ổn định của polyethylenimine, tạo cấu trúc Au-Cu đa giác giúp tăng cường tín hiệu plasmon.
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This review describes a gold nanoparticle-based test using recombinant proteins or aptamers that can detect p-tau231 or AβO42 in Alzheimer's disease with detection limits down to picogram/mL, visible to the naked eye. The method shows promise for low-cost, sensitive early diagnosis, but challenges remain regarding copper layer stability, cross-reactivity and standardization, and no treatment or cure is reported.
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Alzheimer disease (AD) is a multi-factorial neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ), protein aggregation and progressive neuronal dysfunction.
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Using molecular docking, several Ginkgo biloba phytocompounds showed good binding interactions with APP, neprilysin and alpha-synuclein, with amentoflavone binding relatively strongly to APP. This is an in-silico study only and provides no evidence of clinical benefit.
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Benzene-1,3-disulfonic acid exhibited strong binding to the Arg136-containing pocket with a top docking score of -5.93 kcal/mol and an estimated inhibition constant (Ki) of 44.6 µmol.
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Using computer docking, a small molecule was found to bind to a site on ApoE, and it was predicted to have poor oral absorption and limited brain penetration but a favorable safety profile. This is an early, computer-based study, and the molecule has not been tested in animals or people.
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Recent progress of pharmacotherapy enabled anti-amyloid and anti-tau immunotherapy for Alzheimer disease.
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This paper proposes a 'D-neuron protection / activation' therapy concept for neuropsychiatric illnesses including dementia, based on D-neuron findings in post-mortem schizophrenia brains. It suggests indirect biomarkers for evaluating D-neuron activity but reports no clinical trial or confirmed treatment effect.
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However, postmortem investigations indicate that the AD-typical progressive amnestic syndrome may also result from predominantly limbic non-AD neuropathology such as TDP-43 proteinopathy and argyrophilic grain disease.
Why it matters
In clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease, temporo-parietal gray matter and perfusion were more closely associated with cholinergic deficit than basal forebrain volumes, making them possible markers for cholinergic treatment response. The study also notes that the typical progressive amnestic syndrome may result from non-Alzheimer's limbic pathologies such as TDP-43 proteinopathy and argyrophilic grain disease.
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A 34-year-old man developed three generalised seizures over a period of 2 weeks.
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This case report describes a 34-year-old man with recurrent seizures, progressive cognitive decline, parkinsonism and a calcified brain, raising the question of Fahr's disease. It is a single case and does not provide evidence about treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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The present study investigated the frequency and distribution of TUNEL-positive neurons in brains of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) in comparison with those in brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD), Down syndrome (DS) and non-demented elderly persons.
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This post-mortem brain study found TUNEL-positive neurons, a marker of DNA fragmentation, in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome brains. It describes neuronal damage patterns only and does not test any treatment, cure or prevention.
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Some individuals with Down syndrome develop an Alzheimer-type dementia in the third and fourth decades of life.
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In 21 patients with Down syndrome, this study found no difference in apolipoprotein E genotype distribution compared with the general population. It concluded that the epsilon 4 allele had no influence on the appearance of Alzheimer disease in these patients, so it reports no treatment, cure or prevention.
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Manganese-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) was localized in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of patients with Alzheimer-type senile dementia (ATD) by immunocytochemistry and the relationship of Mn-SOD with two major pathological features of ATD, i.e., senile plaques and neurofibrillar tangles (NFTs), was examined.
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In brain tissue from patients with Alzheimer-type senile dementia, astrocytes in senile plaques showed strong immunoreactivity for manganese superoxide dismutase, while NFT-loaded neurons did not. This is a descriptive tissue study suggesting an association with plaque formation, not a treatment or cure.
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Using anti-SP28 (a polyclonal antibody to a 28 residue synthetic peptide homologous to the NH2-terminal region of Alzheimer amyloid beta-protein) to investigate the cerebral cortex of 8 Alzheimer and 6 Down patients and 13 nondemented individuals, we found that, besides senile plaques and congophilic vessels, extracellular deposits unrelated to degenerating neurites, tangle-bearing neurons or congophilic vessels were labelled.
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Using an antibody to the amyloid beta-protein, this study found extracellular deposits in the cerebral cortex of all 8 Alzheimer patients, 4 of 6 Down syndrome patients, and 5 of 13 nondemented elderly individuals. These deposits did not react with Congo red or thioflavine S, suggesting they may be made of beta-protein or its precursors that lack the conformation of amyloid fibrils.
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Early hypoxic-ischemic brain lesions were examined regarding 26 autopsy cases which had severe asphyxia at birth and died within the first week.
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This autopsy study describes early brain damage patterns in newborns who died after severe asphyxia at birth. It is about birth-related brain injury and does not address treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) manifests as a chronic neurodegenerative syndrome featuring cognitive impairment alongside characteristic neuropathological markers: amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and tau-associated neurofibrillary tangles.
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Tannins extracted from Phyllanthus amarus suppressed Aβ aggregation, reduced neuroinflammation and restored cognitive function in AD-model mice. This is cellular and animal work, so it supports further research but does not yet provide a proven therapy for patients.
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Con el envejecimiento de la población general, el número de pacientes con epilepsia de inicio tardío crece constantemente.
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This review describes epilepsy as a frequent comorbidity in early-onset Alzheimer's disease and notes that late-onset epilepsy may sometimes be the first clinical sign of Alzheimer's disease. It addresses recognition of seizures in the Alzheimer's spectrum rather than a cure or prevention.
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Nößler: Selten hat die Neuanführung eines Arzneimittels so ein großes Medienecho ausgelöst wie jüngst der Markteintritt von Lecanemab und jetzt die Zulassung von Donanemab.
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This podcast transcript discusses whether lecanemab and donanemab are genuine advances or hype, and whether they might even pose a risk to care. It does not report new trial results or provide evidence on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Sequencing revealed a biallelic SORL1 splice donor variant (c.1211 + 1G > A).
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This study found a biallelic SORL1 splice donor variant in a patient and presents evidence that SORL1 may be a recessive disease-causing gene for a form of complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia. It concerns hereditary spastic paraplegia rather than Alzheimer's disease, and does not address treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's.
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(1) GARS-AIRS-GART is an important candidate gene in studies of Down syndrome (DS)-related Alzheimer's disease (AD), due to its chromosomal localization (21q22.1) in the Down syndrome critical region, involvement in de novo purine biosynthesis, and over-expression in DS brain.
Why it matters
Using bioinformatics, this study identified a transcription factor, LBP-1c/CP2/LSF, as a candidate that may influence expression of the GARS-AIRS-GART gene in Down syndrome-related Alzheimer's disease. It is a computational analysis and provides no treatment, cure or prevention.
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In recent years, it has been possible for patients with Down syndrome to live longer with advanced medical treatment and social support.
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Among 30 children with Down syndrome, brain SPECT showed hypoperfusion in 11 cases, and epilepsy was more common in those with hypoperfusion. This was a small pediatric imaging study and did not test any treatment, cure or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
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The diagnostic significance of tau proteins in cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) has been described in many cases of dementia of Alzheimer type (AD).
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This study examined whether cerebrospinal fluid tau and amyloid beta markers could help tell apart corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy, conditions that are clinically and pathologically difficult to distinguish. It is a diagnostic marker study and does not test any treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
From across this topic
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- Organelle-specific autophagy in inflammatory diseases: a potential therapeutic target underlying the quality control of multiple organelles
- Diagnostic value of CSF biomarker profile in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
- Klotho overexpression improves amyloid-β clearance and cognition in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
- Aldehyde-Mediated Neurotoxicity and Lutein Intervention: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease
- LPS-induced Murine Neuroinflammation Model: Main Features and Suitability for Pre-clinical Assessment of Nutraceuticals
- Advanced Glycation End-Products Are Associated With the Presence and Severity of Paratonia in Early Stage Alzheimer Disease
- Vascular subcortical hyperintensities predict conversion to vascular and mixed dementia in MCI patients
- The flavonoid quercetin ameliorates Alzheimer's disease pathology and protects cognitive and emotional function in aged triple transgenic Alzheimer's disease model mice
- Optical coherence tomography identifies outer retina thinning in frontotemporal degeneration
- Loss of TREM2 function increases amyloid seeding but reduces plaque-associated ApoE