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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2025

Ceramides may Play a Central Role in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease: a Review of Evidence and Horizons for Discovery.

Hans O Kalkman, Lukasz Smigielski

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. From lipid overload to autophagy collapse: how lipid dysregulation drives chronic inflammation and metabolic disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  6. Low 5HTJournal of neurochemistry · 2026
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  8. Lipid droplets and major metabolic disorders.Molecular biology reports · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hans O KalkmanChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. hans.kalkman@bluewin.ch.
Lukasz SmigielskiChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the underlying mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease, none have been entirely satisfactory. Both genetic and non-genetic risk factors, such as infections, metabolic disorders and psychological stress, contribute to this debilitating disease. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that ceramides may be central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Tumor necrosis factor-α, saturated fatty acids and cortisol elevate the brain levels of ceramides, while genetic risk factors, such as mutations in APP, presenilin, TREM2 and APOE ε4, also elevate ceramide synthesis. Importantly, ceramides displace sphingomyelin and cholesterol from lipid raft-like membrane patches that connect the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, disturbing mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and energy production. As a consequence, the flattening of lipid rafts alters the function of γ-secretase, leading to increased production of Aβ

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseCeramidesAnimalsHumansSignal TransductionCeramidesDe novo ceramide synthesisGlycogen synthase kinase-3 βMitochondrion-associated endoplasmic reticulum membraneSaturated fatty acidsSphingomyelinase

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PMID40295359
PMCPMC12511167

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