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Background: Genetic studies have established that loss of function SORL1 gene variants are associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). SORL1 encodes an endosomal trafficking receptor, SORLA, which regulates endosomal protein recycling through its interaction with the retromer core complex (consisting of VPS26, VPS35 and VPS29). Deficits in the levels and function of the SORLA-retromer complex are thought to underlie AD.
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December 2024
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Background: The TaRget Enablement to Accelerate Therapy Development of Alzheimer's Disease (TREAT-AD) Centers are dedicated to identifying and validating targets from the NIH Accelerating Medicines Partnership for Alzheimer's Disease (AMP-AD). The centers develop Target Enabling Packages (TEPs) to explore new therapeutic target hypotheses, moving beyond the traditional focus on amyloid or tau pathologies. In accordance with open science principles, data, methods, and tools are freely shared with the research community via an open-access platform, the AD Knowledge Portal.
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December 2024
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Background: The goal of the TREAT-AD Center is to enable drug discovery by developing assays and providing tool compounds for novel and emerging targets. The role of microglia in neuroinflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Genome-wide association studies, whole genome sequencing, and gene-expression network analyses comparing normal to AD brain have identified risk and protective variants in genes essential to microglial function.
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December 2024
Icahn School Of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Background: Despite increasing knowledge of the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases, translation of these benefits into therapeutic advances for Alzheimer's Disease and related diseases (ADRD) has been slow. Drug repurposing is a promising strategy for identifying new uses for approved drugs beyond their initial indications. We developed a high-throughput drug screening platform aimed at identifying drugs capable of reducing proteotoxicity in vivo (Aß toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans) AND inhibiting microglial inflammation (TNF-alpha IL-6), both implicated in driving AD(figure attached with sample of results in C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) which consist primarily of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Abnormal phosphorylated tau has been considered as a pathogenic species that impairs cellular function and propagates from neuron to neuron. AD affects millions of people around the world, however, there's no effective drug that can prevent or cure the disease to date.
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