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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Interplay Between Aging and Tau Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanisms and Translational Perspectives.

Mohammed Alrouji, Mohammed S Alshammari, Syed Tasqeeruddin, Anas Shamsi

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mohammed AlroujiDepartment of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra 11961, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9645-0572
Mohammed S AlshammariDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra 11961, Saudi Arabia.
Syed TasqeeruddinDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 62521, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5253-7606
Anas ShamsiCentre of Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman P.O. Box 346, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0001-7055-7056

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a key risk factor for neurodegenerative disorders and is associated with widespread systemic and brain-specific changes. Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive and irreversible brain disorder, primarily affects older adults and leads to a gradual decline in cognitive function. The underlying disease mechanisms often begin years before clinical symptoms appear, limiting the effectiveness of current treatments. Several factors linked to aging-including inflammation, oxidative stress, impaired metabolism, and protein aggregation-contribute to the onset and progression of AD. A central feature of AD is the abnormal accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau, a microtubule-associated protein, driven by post-translational modifications such as acetylation and hyperphosphorylation. These modifications lead to structural changes in tau, promoting the formation of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), which are more closely associated with cognitive decline than Aβ plaques. Interestingly, tau accumulation and the resulting cognitive impairments are often observed in aged individuals without Aβ deposition, highlighting tauopathy as a distinct contributor to age-related cognitive decline. This review focuses on new developments in therapeutic approaches that target oxidative stress, protein aggregation, and neuroinflammation, and our current understanding of the molecular pathways relating aging and tau pathology in AD.

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agingAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-βneuroinflammationoxidative stresstau pathologytau phosphorylation

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PMID40722878
PMCPMC12291953

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