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NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 250, Issue -, Pages 140-150Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.07.009
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Alzheimer's disease; diabetes; molecular links
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [MOP-97825]
- Chinese Scholarship Council award
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Substantial epidemiological evidence shows an increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) in people with diabetes. Yet the underlying molecular mechanisms still remain to be elucidated. This article reviews the current studies on common pathological processes of Alzheimer's disease and diabetes with particular focus on potential mechanisms through which diabetes affects the initiation and progression of Alzheimer's disease. Impairment of insulin signaling, inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, advanced glycation end products, APOE epsilon 4 and cholesterol appear to be important mediators and are likely to act synergistically in promoting AD pathology. (c) 2013 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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