ArticleAutophagy2023
Should evidence of an autolysosomal de-acidification defect in Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases call for caution in prescribing chronic PPI and DMARD?
Article in Autophagy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Lysosome-Acidifying Nanoparticles Rescue A30P α-Synuclein Induced Neuronal Death in Cellular and Drosophila Models of Parkinson's Disease.Advanced healthcare materials · 2026Article
- Autophagy-lysosomal pathway in neurodegeneration.Molecular neurodegeneration advances · 2026Review
- Associations of digestive diseases exposure and lifestyle factors with Parkinson's disease.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Article
- Repurposing chlorpromazine for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer growth and metastasis based on modulation of mitochondria-mediated apoptosis and autophagy/mitophagy.British journal of cancer · 2025Article
- Mitochondrial DNA leakage: underlying mechanisms and therapeutic implications in neurological disorders.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2025Review
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Abstract
Nearly fifty million older people suffer from neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer (AD) and Parkinson (PD) disease, a global burden expected to triple by 2050. Such an imminent "neurological pandemic" urges the identification of environmental risk factors that are hopefully avoided to fight the disease. In 2022, strong evidence in mouse models incriminated defective lysosomal acidification and impairment of the autophagy pathway as modifiable risk factors for dementia. To date, the most prescribed lysosomotropic drugs are proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), chloroquine (CQ), and the related hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which belong to the group of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). This commentary aims to open the discussion on the possible mechanisms connecting the long-term prescribing of these drugs to the elderly and the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases.
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