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ArticleInternational journal of Alzheimer's disease2010

Hypothesis: soluble aβ oligomers in association with redox-active metal ions are the optimal generators of reactive oxygen species in Alzheimer's disease.

Brian J Tabner, Jennifer Mayes, David Allsop

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Article in International journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian J TabnerDivision of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK.
Jennifer Mayes
David Allsop
Lancaster University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Considerable evidence points to oxidative stress in the brain as an important event in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The transition metal ions of Cu, Fe, and Zn are all enriched in the amyloid cores of senile plaques in AD. Those of Cu and Fe are redox active and bind to Aβ in vitro. When bound, they can facilitate the reduction of oxygen to hydrogen peroxide, and of the latter to the hydroxyl radical. This radical is very aggressive and can cause considerable oxidative damage. Recent research favours the involvement of small, soluble oligomers as the aggregating species responsible for Aβ neurotoxicity. We propose that the generation of reactive oxygen species (i.e., hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radicals) by these oligomers, in association with redox-active metal ions, is a key molecular mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of AD and some other neurodegenerative disorders.

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PMID21188175
PMCPMC3003964
OpenAlexW1983830973

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