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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2025

Morphological and Molecular Profiling of Amyloid-β Species in Alzheimer's Pathogenesis.

Zaida L Almeida, Daniela C Vaz, Rui M M Brito

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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 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zaida L AlmeidaChemistry Department and Coimbra Chemistry Centre - Institute of Molecular Sciences (CQC-IMS), University of Coimbra, 3004-535, Coimbra, Portugal. zalmeida@qui.uc.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4097-2766
Daniela C VazChemistry Department and Coimbra Chemistry Centre - Institute of Molecular Sciences (CQC-IMS), University of Coimbra, 3004-535, Coimbra, Portugal. daniela.vaz@ipleiria.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7562-4676
Rui M M BritoChemistry Department and Coimbra Chemistry Centre - Institute of Molecular Sciences (CQC-IMS), University of Coimbra, 3004-535, Coimbra, Portugal. brito@ci.uc.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9128-2557

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/00313/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia around the world (~ 65%). Here, we portray the neuropathology of AD, biomarkers, and classification of amyloid plaques (diffuse, non-cored, dense core, compact). Tau pathology and its involvement with Aβ plaques and cell death are discussed. Amyloid cascade hypotheses, aggregation mechanisms, and molecular species formed in vitro and in vivo (on- and off-pathways) are described. Aβ42/Aβ40 monomers, dimers, trimers, Aβ-derived diffusible ligands, globulomers, dodecamers, amylospheroids, amorphous aggregates, protofibrils, fibrils, and plaques are characterized (structure, size, morphology, solubility, toxicity, mechanistic steps). An update on AD-approved drugs by regulatory agencies, along with new Aβ-based therapies, is presented. Beyond prescribing Aβ plaque disruptors, cholinergic agonists, or NMDA receptor antagonists, other therapeutic strategies (RNAi, glutaminyl cyclase inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, secretase modulators, Aβ aggregation inhibitors, and anti-amyloid vaccines) are already under clinical trials. New drug discovery approaches based on "designed multiple ligands", "hybrid molecules", or "multitarget-directed ligands" are also being put forward and may contribute to tackling this highly debilitating and fatal form of human dementia.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansPlaque, AmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesAlzheimer’s disease (AD)Amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptideAmyloid plaquesAβ-based therapiesProtein aggregationTau protein

Identifiers

PMID39446217
PMCPMC11880078

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