ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2018
Sex Differences in Autophagy Contribute to Female Vulnerability in Alzheimer's Disease.
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- Neuropeptide Y and brain ageing: an updated scoping review on the role of autophagy.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Male Sex Is Associated With Worse Microbiological and Clinical Outcomes Following Tuberculosis Treatment: A Retrospective Cohort Study, a Systematic Review of the Literature, and Meta-analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Pooled it
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- Sex-specific retina-brain signatures link ERα/ERβ imbalance with gliosis in Alzheimer's disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Sex-specific effects of acetylation on tauopathy in aging htau mice.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sex does not influence neuronal autophagosome biogenesis throughout aging in mice.Molecular biology of the cell · 2025Article
- The connection between autophagy and Alzheimer's disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025Review
- Upregulating ANKHD1 in PS19 Mice Reduces Tau Phosphorylation and Mitigates Tau Toxicity-Induced Cognitive Deficits.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Role of Testosterone Signaling in Microglia: A Potential Role for Sex-Related Differences in Alzheimer's Disease.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Sex and region-specific disruption of autophagy and mitophagy in Alzheimer's disease: linking cellular dysfunction to cognitive decline.Cell death discovery · 2025Article
- ASO-mediated knock-down of GPNMB in mutant-GRN and in Grn-deficient peripheral myeloid cells disrupts lysosomal function and immune responses.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2025Article
- Atg5 in microglia regulates sex-specific effects on postnatal neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease.npj aging · 2025Article
- The interplay between age at menopause and synaptic integrity on Alzheimer's disease risk in women.Science advances · 2025Article
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- HLH-30/TFEB mediates sexual dimorphism in immunity inAutophagy · 2025Article
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- Effect of 30-day Ramadan fasting on autophagy pathway and metabolic health outcome in healthy individuals.Molecular biology research communications · 2025Article
- Brain clocks capture diversity and disparities in aging and dementia across geographically diverse populations.Nature medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, with over 5. 4 million cases in the US alone (Alzheimer's Association, 2016). Clinically, AD is defined by the presence of plaques composed of Aβ and neurofibrillary pathology composed of the microtubule associated protein tau. Another key feature is the dysregulation of autophagy at key steps in the pathway. In AD, disrupted autophagy contributes to disease progression through the failure to clear pathological protein aggregates, insulin resistance, and its role in the synthesis of Aβ. Like many psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, the risk of developing AD, and disease course are dependent on the sex of the patient. One potential mechanism through which these differences occur, is the effects of sex hormones on autophagy. In women, the loss of hormones with menopause presents both a risk factor for developing AD, and an obvious example of where sex differences in AD can stem from. However, because AD pathology can begin decades before menopause, this does not provide the full answer. We propose that sex-based differences in autophagy regulation during the lifespan contribute to the increased risk of AD, and greater severity of pathology seen in women.
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