| Literature DB >> 25833098 |
Zi-Xuan Wang1, Lan Tan2, Jinyuan Liu3, Jin-Tai Yu4,5.
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by amyloid plaque and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT). With the finding that soluble nonfibrillar Aβ levels actually correlate strongly with the severity of the disease, the initial focus on amyloid plaques shifted to the contemporary concept that AD memory failure is caused by soluble Aβ oligomers. The soluble Aβ are known to be more neurotoxicthan fibrillar Aβ species. In this paper, we summarize the essential role of soluble Aβ oligomers in AD and discuss therapeutic strategies that target soluble Aβ oligomers.Entities:
Keywords: Alzheimer’ disease; Aβ; Soluble Aβ oligomers
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25833098 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9143-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Neurobiol ISSN: 0893-7648 Impact factor: 5.590