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Beyond the blur: Scopolamine's utility and limits in modeling cognitive disorders across sexes - Narrative review

4 months 1 week ago
Scopolamine, widely regarded as the gold standard in preclinical studies of memory impairments, acts as a non-selective antagonist of central and peripheral muscarinic receptors. While its application in modeling dementia primarily involves antagonism at the M(1) receptor, its non-selective peripheral actions may introduce adverse effects that influence behavioral test outcomes. This review analyzes preclinical findings to consolidate knowledge on scopolamine's use and elucidate potential...
Angelika Jagielska

Molecular basis of the development of Parkinson's disease

4 months 1 week ago
Parkinson's disease is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative motor disorders worldwide with postural instability, bradykinesia, resting tremor and rigidity being the most common symptoms of the disease. Despite the fact that the molecular mechanisms of Parkinson's disease pathogenesis have already been well described, there is still no coherent picture of the etiopathogenesis of this disease. According to modern concepts, neurodegeneration is induced mainly by oxidative stress,...
Margarita Absalyamova

Ginsenoside Rg1 attenuates Abeta(1-42)-induced microglial cell apoptosis and inflammation in Alzheimer's disease via the GATA4/PDE4A/PI3K/AKT axis

4 months 1 week ago
Ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1) has been shown to treat a variety of human diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its mechanism in AD needs further investigation. Microglial cells (BV2) were treated with Aβ(1-42) to induce AD cell models. Cell viability and apoptosis were tested by cell counting kit 8 assay and flow cytometry. The protein levels of GATA-binding protein 4 (GATA4), phosphodiesterase 4A (PDE4A), autophagy-related markers, M1/M2 polarization-related markers and...
Houying Fang

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease

4 months 1 week ago
Increasing evidence points to a pivotal role of immune processes in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease, which is the most prevalent neurodegenerative and dementia-causing disease of our time. Multiple lines of information provided by experimental, epidemiological, neuropathological and genetic studies suggest a pathological role for innate and adaptive immune activation in this disease. Here, we review the cell types and pathological mechanisms involved in disease development as well as the...
Michael T Heneka

Plasma proteomics identify biomarkers and undulating changes of brain aging

4 months 1 week ago
Proteomics enables the characterization of brain aging biomarkers and discernment of changes during brain aging. We leveraged multimodal brain imaging data from 10,949 healthy adults to estimate brain age gap (BAG), an indicator of brain aging. Proteome-wide association analysis across 4,696 participants of 2,922 proteins identified 13 significantly associated with BAG, implicating stress, regeneration and inflammation. Brevican (BCAN) (β = -0.838, P = 2.63 × 10^(-)^(10)) and growth...
Wei-Shi Liu

ADAM10-mediated beta-klotho degradation: a key to FGF21 resistance in senescent vascular endothelial cells

4 months 1 week ago
Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a key regulator of metabolism and cardiovascular health. However, its upregulation in aging and age-related disorders suggests the presence of FGF21 resistance. This study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying senescence-associated FGF21 resistance in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and to explore potential therapeutic interventions. Transcriptomic analysis revealed a significant reduction in the number of FGF21-regulated genes in...
Yuzhen Huang