ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2019
Targeting Autophagy for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: Challenges and Opportunities.
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- Neuroinflammation Based Neurodegenerative In Vitro Model of SH-SY5Y Cells-Differential Effects on Oxidative Stress and Insulin Resistance Relevant to Alzheimer's Pathology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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- Combination of Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate and Tramiprosate Prevent Accumulation of Intracellular Aβ and Dysfunctional Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway at Earliest Stage of Transdifferentiation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells into PSEN1 E280A Cholinergic-like Neurons.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Autophagy Regulation Attenuates Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Decline in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model with Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion.Inflammation · 2025Article
- The Probiotic Yeast, Milmed, Promotes Autophagy and Antioxidant Pathways in BV-2 Microglia Cells andAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Purifying and profiling lysosomes to expand understanding of lysosomal dysfunction-associated diseases.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Article
- Dysregulated calcium signaling in the aged macaque entorhinal cortex associated with tau hyperphosphorylation.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- A Novel 14mer Peptide Inhibits Autophagic Flux via Selective Activation of the mTORC1 Signalling Pathway: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia which characterized by a progressive loss of memory and cognitive function due to degeneration of synapses and axons. Currently, there is no cure for AD. Deposition of extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and intracellular tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are two hallmark pathologic changes in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Autophagy is the major mechanism in cells responsible for removing protein aggregates. Accumulation of immature autophagic vacuoles (AVs) in dystrophic neurites of Alzheimer patients' brains suggests that autophagy process is disrupted. Till now, it is far from clear what role autophagy plays in AD, a causative role, a protective role, or just a consequence of the disease process itself. To design more effective therapeutic strategies towards this devastating disorder, it is essential to understand the exact role of autophagy played during different stages of AD.
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