Therapies for Alzheimer's disease : a metabolic perspective

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common forms of dementia in the elderly. Currently, there are over 50 million cases of dementia worldwide and it is expected that it will reach 136 million by 2050. AD is described as a neurodegenerative disease that gradually compromises memory and learning capacity. Patients often exhibit brain glucose hypometabolism and are more susceptible to develop type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance in comparison with age-matched controls. This suggests that there is a link between both pathologies. Glucose metabolism and the tricarboxylic acid cycle are tightly related to mitochondrial performance and energy production. Impairment of both these pathways can evoke oxidative damage on mitochondria and key proteins linked to several hallmarks of AD. Glycation is also another type of post-translational modification often reported in AD, which might impair the function of proteins that participate in metabolic pathways thought to be involved in this illness. Despite needing further research, therapies based on insulin treatment, usage of anti-diabetes drugs or some form of dietary intervention, have shown to be promising therapeutic approaches for AD in its early stages of progression and will be unveiled in this paper.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:132

Enthalten in:

Molecular genetics and metabolism - 132(2021), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 162-172

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Domingues, Raquel [VerfasserIn]
Pereira, Claúdia [VerfasserIn]
Cruz, Maria Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Ana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer
Glucose
IY9XDZ35W2
Insulin
Journal Article
Ketogenic
Metabolism
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Therapies

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Date Completed 05.08.2021

Date Revised 05.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ymgme.2021.01.011

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321099419