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ReviewSwiss medical weekly2014

Toxic oligomer species of amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease, a timing issue.

Sylvain E Lesne

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Review in Swiss medical weekly, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Aggregation of Disordered Proteins Associated with Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  3. Aβ and Tau Prions Causing Alzheimer's Disease.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023
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  6. Detection of retinal and blood Aβ oligomers with nanobodies.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Sylvain E LesneDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA; N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA; Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.

Funding

TOWARD A MODEL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASER01NS033249 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ASHE, KAREN H · 1994 to 2013
$6.5M
Soluble aSyn is a modulator of AD pathophysiologyR01AG044342 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LESNE, SYLVAIN E. · 2014 to 2018
$1.5M
Mechanism of Action of ABeta*56 in Alzheimer's DiseaseR00AG031293 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LESNE, SYLVAIN E. · 2010 to 2012
$693k
NIA NIH HHS R00 AG031293NIA NIH HHS R00AG031293NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS033249NINDS NIH HHS R01NS033249
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A decade following the paradigm-shifting concept that endogenous forms of soluble, non-fibrillar amyloid-β (Aβ) might constitute the major bioactive entity causing synaptic loss and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD), our understanding of these oligomeric species still remains conspicuously superficial. The current lack of direct evaluation tools for each endogenous Aβ oligomer hampers our ability to readily address crucial question such as: (i) where they form and accumulate?; (ii) when they first appear in human brains and body fluids?; (iii) what is the longitudinal expression of these putative toxins during the course of the disease?; (iv) and how do these soluble Aβ assemblies alter synaptic and neuronal function in the brain? Despite these limitations, indirect ex vivo measurement and isolation from biological specimens has been possible and have allowed parsing out intrinsic differences between putative endogenous Aβ oligomers. In this review, I integrated recent findings and extrapolated emerging hypotheses derived from these studies with the hope to provide a clarified view on the putative role of endogenous Aβ oligomers in AD, with a particular emphasis on the timing at which these soluble species might act in the aging and diseased brain.

Indexed as

Age FactorsAgingAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBrainHumansAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein Precursor

Identifiers

PMID25375761
PMCPMC5858692

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