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Title Islet amyloid polypeptide & amyloid beta peptide roles in Alzheimer's disease: two triggers, one disease
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Authors Ferreira, S; Raimundo, AF; Menezes, R; Martins, IC
Title Islet amyloid polypeptide & amyloid beta peptide roles in Alzheimer's disease: two triggers, one disease
Year 2021
Published Neural Regeneration Research, 16, 6
DOI 10.4103/1673-5374.300323
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions worldwide. Due to population ageing, the incidence of AD is increasing. AD patients develop cognitive decline and dementia, features for which is known, requiring permanent care. This poses a major socio-economic burden on healthcare systems as AD patients' relatives and healthcare workers are forced to cope with rising numbers of affected people. Despite recent advances, AD pathological mechanisms are not fully understood. Nevertheless, it is clear that the amyloid beta (A beta) peptide, which forms amyloid plaques in AD patients' brains, plays a key role. Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, affects hundreds of million people globally. Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is a hormone co-produced and secreted with insulin in pancreatic beta-cells, with a key role in diabetes, as it helps regulate glucose levels and control adiposity and satiation. Similarly to A beta, IAPP is very amyloidogenic, generating intracellular amyloid deposits that cause P-cell dysfunction and death. It is now clear that IAPP can also have a pathological role in AD, decreasing cognitive function. IAPP harms the blood-brain barrier, directly interacts and co-deposits with AP, promoting diabetes-associated dementia. IAPP can cause a metabolic dysfunction in the brain, leading to other diabetes-related forms of AD. Thus, here we discuss IAPP association with diabetes, A beta and dementia, in the context of what we designate a "diabetes brain phenotype" AD hypothesis. Such approach helps to set a conceptual framework for future IAPP-based drugs against AD.
Author Keywords aggregation; Alzheimer; amylin; amyloid; diabetes; islet amyloid polypeptide
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000598623300018
WoS Category Cell Biology; Neurosciences
Research Area Cell Biology; Neurosciences & Neurology
PDF https://doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.300323
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