Alzheimer's centennial legacy:: prospects for rational therapeutic intervention targeting the Aβ amyloid pathway

被引:117
作者
Masters, Colin L. [1 ]
Beyreuther, Konrad
机构
[1] Univ Melbourne, Dept Pathol, Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia
[2] Mental Hlth Res Inst, Parkville, Vic, Australia
[3] Heidelberg Univ, Ctr Mol Biol, Heidelberg, Germany
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
A beta amyloid pathway; Alzheimer's disease; amyloid beta precursor protein;
D O I
10.1093/brain/awl251
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
It is now 100 years since the nosological definition of Alzheimer's disease emerged. In the first 80 years, very little progress was made in understanding the mechanisms that caused the brain to degenerate in a remarkably specific fashion (amyloid accumulation with neurofibrillary changes). Over the past 20 years, there has been an explosion of knowledge which continues today at an exponential rate. The molecular pathways underlying the synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease have delivered many validated therapeutic and diagnostic targets. A variety of therapeutic strategies aimed at disease modification are now in clinical development.
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