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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2014

Oxidative stress and metabolic syndrome: cause or consequence of Alzheimer's disease?

Diana Luque-Contreras, Karla Carvajal, Danira Toral-Rios, Diana Franco-Bocanegra, Victoria Campos-Peña

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Diana Luque-ContrerasFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Boulevard V. Carranza S/N, Colonia República Oriente, Saltillo, COAH, Mexico.
Karla CarvajalLaboratorio de Nutrición Experimental, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Insurgentes Sur 3700 letra C, Coyoacán, 04530 Mexico City, Mexico.
Danira Toral-RiosDepartamento de Fisiología Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 2508, 07360 Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-5156-6969
Diana Franco-BocanegraUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Insurgentes Sur 3000, Coyoacán, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico.
Victoria Campos-PeñaLaboratorio Experimental de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, Insurgentes Sur 3877, 14269 Mexico City, Mexico.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major neurodegenerative disease affecting the elderly. Clinically, it is characterized by a progressive loss of memory and cognitive function. Neuropathologically, it is characterized by the presence of extracellular β-amyloid (Aβ) deposited as neuritic plaques (NP) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) made of abnormal and hyperphosphorylated tau protein. These lesions are capable of generating the neuronal damage that leads to cell death and cognitive failure through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Evidence indicates the critical role of Aβ metabolism in prompting the oxidative stress observed in AD patients. However, it has also been proposed that oxidative damage precedes the onset of clinical and pathological AD symptoms, including amyloid-β deposition, neurofibrillary tangle formation, vascular malfunction, metabolic syndrome, and cognitive decline. This paper provides a brief description of the three main proteins associated with the development of the disease (Aβ, tau, and ApoE) and describes their role in the generation of oxidative stress. Finally, we describe the mitochondrial alterations that are generated by Aβ and examine the relationship of vascular damage which is a potential prognostic tool of metabolic syndrome. In addition, new therapeutic approaches targeting ROS sources and metabolic support were reported.

Indexed as

Oxidative StressAlzheimer DiseaseEndothelium, VascularHumansMetabolic SyndromeMitochondriaRenin-Angiotensin System

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PMID24683436
PMCPMC3941786

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