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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Revisiting the Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis: From Anti-Aβ Therapeutics to Auspicious New Ways for Alzheimer's Disease.

Md Sahab Uddin, Md Tanvir Kabir, Md Sohanur Rahman, Tapan Behl, Philippe Jeandet, Ghulam Md Ashraf, Agnieszka Najda, May N Bin-Jumah, Hesham R El-Seedi, Mohamed M Abdel-Daim

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Amyloid Beta Oligomers as Early Triggers of Neuronal Cytoskeleton Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  17. New Research on Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Continuum.Reviews on recent clinical trials · 2025
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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 10 institutions in 8 countries.

Md Sahab UddinDepartment of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-0805-7840
Md Tanvir KabirDepartment of Pharmacy, BRAC University, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-6078-8587
Md Sohanur RahmanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-1133-268X
Tapan BehlChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab 140401, India.
Philippe JeandetResearch Unit, Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection, EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Faculty of Sciences, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, PO Box 1039, 51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3023-4871
Ghulam Md AshrafKing Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9820-2078
Agnieszka NajdaLaboratory of Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants, Department of Vegetable Crops and Medicinal Plants, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 15 Akademicka Street, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1185-8884
May N Bin-JumahDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11474, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3017-9924
Hesham R El-SeediInternational Research Center for Food Nutrition and Safety, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2519-6690
Mohamed M Abdel-DaimDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4341-2713
BRAC University · BDCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRChitkara University · INJiangsu University · CNKing Abdulaziz University · SAPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SASoutheast University · BDSuez Canal University · EGUniversity of Life Sciences in Lublin · PLUniversity of Rajshahi · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder related to age, characterized by the cerebral deposition of fibrils, which are made from the amyloid-β (Aβ), a peptide of 40-42 amino acids. The conversion of Aβ into neurotoxic oligomeric, fibrillar, and protofibrillar assemblies is supposed to be the main pathological event in AD. After Aβ accumulation, the clinical symptoms fall out predominantly due to the deficient brain clearance of the peptide. For several years, researchers have attempted to decline the Aβ monomer, oligomer, and aggregate levels, as well as plaques, employing agents that facilitate the reduction of Aβ and antagonize Aβ aggregation, or raise Aβ clearance from brain. Unluckily, broad clinical trials with mild to moderate AD participants have shown that these approaches were unsuccessful. Several clinical trials are running involving patients whose disease is at an early stage, but the preliminary outcomes are not clinically impressive. Many studies have been conducted against oligomers of Aβ which are the utmost neurotoxic molecular species. Trials with monoclonal antibodies directed against Aβ oligomers have exhibited exciting findings. Nevertheless, Aβ oligomers maintain equivalent states in both monomeric and aggregation forms; so, previously administered drugs that precisely decrease Aβ monomer or Aβ plaques ought to have displayed valuable clinical benefits. In this article, Aβ-based therapeutic strategies are discussed and several promising new ways to fight against AD are appraised.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBiomarkersHumanstau ProteinsAmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkerstau ProteinsaducanumabAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid precursor proteinAβBAN2401tau

Identifiers

PMID32824102
PMCPMC7461598
OpenAlexW3049388525

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