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CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 6, 期 6, 页码 597-608出版社
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/156802606776743066
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The amyloid-beta (A beta) cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has dominated research and subsequent therapeutic drug development for over two decades. Central to this hypothesis is the observation that A beta is elevated in AD patients and that the disease is ultimately characterized by the central deposition of insoluble senile plaques. More recent evidence, however, suggests that the presence or absence of plaque is insufficient to fully account for the deleterious role of elevated A in AD. Such studies support the basis for an alternate interpretation of the A beta cascade hypothesis. Namely, that soluble oligomers of A beta (i.e., ADDLs) accumulate and cause functional deficits prior to overt neuronal cell death or plaque deposition. Accordingly, the following review focuses on research describing the preparation and functional activity of ADDLs in vitro and in vivo. These studies provide the basis for an alternate, ADDL-based, view of the A beta cascade hypothesis and accounts for the disconnect between plaque burden and cognitive deficits. Possible therapeutic approaches aimed at lowering ADDLs in AD patients are also considered.
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