Developing non-invasive molecular markers for early risk assessment of Alzheimer's disease by Tapas K. Sur, Tanmoy Mondal, Zarish Noreen, Jheannelle Johnson, Gail Nunlee-Bland, Christopher A. Loffredo, Brent E. Korba, Vijay Chandra, Siddhartha S. Jana, Bernard Kwabi-Addo, Sumit Sarkar, Somiranjan Ghosh

“…Current improvements have unveiled the disease's pathophysiology and clinical diagnostic tests, targeting the neurological changes (neurodegeneration, amyloid precursor protein metabolism and tangle pathology) with precise PET/MRI imaging and xMAP/SIMOA (Multiplex simultaneous detection/single molecule array) to identify and quantify β-amyloids (Aβ40, Aβ42), total tau (T-tau) and phosphorylated tau (P-tau) proteins in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients. …”
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A Novel Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Chronic Estrogen Deficiency Leads to Glial Cell Activation and Hypertrophy by Annik Prat, Maik Behrendt, Edwige Marcinkiewicz, Sebastien Boridy, Ram M. Sairam, Nabil G. Seidah, Dusica Maysinger

“…These chimeric mice exhibit a total FSH-R knockout (FORKO) and carry two transgenes, one expressing the β-amyloid precursor protein (APPsw, Swedish mutation) and the other expressing presenilin-1 lacking exon 9 (PS1Δ9). …”
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An approach to predict and inhibit Amyloid Beta dimerization pattern in Alzheimer’s disease by Sreekanya Roy, Sima Biswas, Anirban Nandy, Dipanjan Guha, Rakhi Dasgupta, Angshuman Bagchi, Parames Chandra Sil

“…They are the spliced product of a transmembrane protein called Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP); when they enter into the amylogenic pathway, they get cleaved simultaneously by Beta and Gamma Secretase and produce Aβ protein. …”
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Natural product virtual-interact-phenotypic target characterization: A novel approach demonstrated with Salvia miltiorrhiza extract by Rui Xu, Hengyuan Yu, Yichen Wang, Boyu Li, Yong Chen, Xuesong Liu, Tengfei Xu

“…Further analysis via the NP-VIP strategy highlighted five high-confidence targets, including poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1 (PARP1), signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), amyloid precursor protein (APP), glutamate-ammonia ligase (GLUL), and glutamate decarboxylase 67 (GAD67). …”
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The AβA2V paradigm: From molecular insights to therapeutic strategies in Alzheimer’s disease and primary tauopathies by Luisa Diomede, Andrea Conz, Michele Mosconi, Tatiana Stoilova, Matteo Paloni, Matteo Salvalaglio, Alfredo Cagnotto, Laura Colombo, Marcella Catania, Giuseppe Di Fede, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Mario Salmona

“…Considering the multifactorial etiology of the disease, mainly characterized by the accumulation of amyloid β plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein, we discuss the A673V mutation in the gene coding for the amyloid precursor protein, which is associated with the familial form of Alzheimer’s disease in a homozygous state. …”
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Feasibility and potential diagnostic value of [18F]PI-2620 PET in patients with down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease: a case series by Olivia Wagemann, Olivia Wagemann, Matthias Brendel, Nicolai Franzmeier, Nicolai Franzmeier, Nicolai Franzmeier, Georg Nübling, Georg Nübling, Johannes Gnörich, Mirlind Zaganjori, Catharina Prix, Anna Stockbauer, Anna Stockbauer, Elisabeth Wlasich, Sandra V. Loosli, Sandra V. Loosli, Katja Sandkühler, Lukas Frontzkowski, Günter Höglinger, Günter Höglinger, Günter Höglinger, Johannes Levin, Johannes Levin, Johannes Levin

“…Purpose of the reportAdults with Down Syndrome (DS) have a substantially increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) due to the triplicated amyloid-precursor-protein gene on chromosome 21, resulting in amyloid and tau accumulation. …”
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Imaging lipid rafts reveals the principle of ApoE4-induced Aβ upregulation in human neurons by Se-In Lee, Heejin Lim, Na Yeon Kim, Jichang Yu, Joonho Cho, Hyein Lee, Dae Won Moon, Jinsoo Seo

“…Amyloid-β (Aβ), a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is generated from the sequential cleavage of amyloid precursor proteins (APPs) by β- and γ-secretases, primarily within endosomes after APP endocytosis by canonical clathrin-mediated endocytosis in neurons. …”
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