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Current and future treatments for Alzheimer's disease

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Yiannopoulou, Konstantina G., Papageorgiou, Sokratis G.·2013·Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

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Alzheimer's dementia (AD) is increasingly being recognized as one of the most important medical and social problems in older people in industrialized and non-industrialized nations. To date, only symptomatic treatments exist for this disease, all trying to counterbalance the neurotransmitter disturbance. Three cholinesterase inhibitors (CIs) are currently available and have been approved for the treatment of mild to moderate AD. A further therapeutic option available for moderate to severe AD is memantine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor noncompetitive antagonist. Treatments capable of stopping or at least effectively modifying the course of AD, referred to as 'disease-modifying' drugs, are still under extensive research. To block the progression of the disease they have to interfere with the pathogenic steps responsible for the clinical symptoms, including the deposition of extracellular amyloid β plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangle formation, inflammation, oxidative damage, iron deregulation and cholesterol metabolism. In this review we discuss current symptomatic treatments and new potential disease-modifying therapies for AD that are currently being studied in phase I-III trials.

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  • Aβ peptides with A38, A40, and A42 are generated after sequential breakdown of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β- and γ-secretase.

    “After the sequential breakdown of the big precursor protein amyloid precursor protein (APP) by the β- and γ-e -secretase, Aβ peptides with A38, A40, and A42 being the most prevalent forms are generated (Yiannopoulou et al., 2013).”

    From An update on the novel and approved drugs for Alzheimer disease (2022) · cites this paper as Yiannopoulou et al., 2013

  • Memantine is a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist that counteracts the negative effects of high glutamate concentrations in the brain.

    “Memantine is known to be a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist that counteracts the negative effects of high glutamate concentrations in the brain (Yiannopoulou et al., 2013).”

    From An update on the novel and approved drugs for Alzheimer disease (2022) · cites this paper as Yiannopoulou et al., 2013

  • Passive antibody immunotherapy using monoclonal antibodies is the most efficient and prospective class; its chief disadvantages are cerebral microhemorrhages and vasogenic edema.

    “The most efficient and prospective class is passive Ab immunotherapy using mAbs. The chief disadvantages of this class of medicines are cerebral microhemorrhages and vasogenic edema (Yiannopoulou et al., 2013).”

    From An update on the novel and approved drugs for Alzheimer disease (2022) · cites this paper as Yiannopoulou et al., 2013

  • Memantine is a noncompetitive low-affinity NMDA-receptor open-channel blocker and affects glutamatergic transmission.

    “Memantine is a noncompetitive low-affinity NMDA-receptor open-channel blocker and affects glutamatergic transmission.5”
  • Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors reduce the breakdown of acetylcholine in the brain by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase in the synaptic cleft.

    “AChEIs attempt at reducing the breakdown of acetylcholine levels in the brain of the patients with AD by inhibiting the responsible enzyme acetylcholinesterase in the synaptic cleft.5”

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Authors
Yiannopoulou, K. G., & Papageorgiou, S. G.
Affiliations
  • Laiko General Hospital of Athens (GR)
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
Venue
Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Published
2012-10-15
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
19-33
ISSN
  • 1756-2856 (ISSN-L)
  • 1756-2864
OpenAlex
W1987204546
Cited by
677
References
83
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine, disease-modifying therapy, symptomatic treatment, amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, cholesterol metabolism, NMDA receptor antagonists, clinical trials

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