Smart treatment strategies for alleviating tauopathy and neuroinflammation to improve clinical outcome in Alzheimer's disease.

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Use-inspired Biomaterials & Integrated Nano Delivery (U-BiND) Systems Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; Molecular Imaging Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Electronic address:

Published: December 2020

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease leading to progressive loss of memory that mainly affects people above 60 years of age. It is one of the leading causes of deaths in the USA. Given its inherent heterogeneity and a still-incomplete understanding of its pathology, biomarkers, and targets available for therapy, it is a challenge to design an effective therapeutic strategy. Several hypotheses have been proposed to understand the disease and to identify reliable markers and targets for treatments. However, none have resulted in strong support from clinical trials. In this review, we objectively discuss the various therapeutic strategies and mechanistic approaches to improve the current clinical outcome of AD therapy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2020.09.025DOI Listing

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