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Alzheimer's Disease Insights into Low...

Alzheimer's Disease Insights into Low Molecular Weight and Cytotoxic Aggregates from In Vitro and Computer Experiments

World Scientific Publisher

Autori: Philippe Derreumaux
ISBN: 9781848167544

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Philippe Derreumaux

Series: Molecular Medicine And Medicinal Chemistry

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of senile dementia, affecting more than 24 million people worldwide. It is characterised pathologically by abnormally high levels of brain lesions (senile plaques) in dead and dying neurons, and by elevated numbers of amyloid deposits in the walls of cerebral blood vessels. The major component of senile plaques is a small protein of 39-43 amino acids called amyloid. Thus far, no treatment has been shown to slow the progression of sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease. A large body of evidence points to the early oligomers as the primary toxic species in Alzheimer's disease. A powerful strategy for developing pharmaceutical treatments against Alzheimer's is to elucidate the pathways of oligomer formation and determine the structures of the toxic aggregates. This book provides a panoramic view across recent in vitro and in vivo studies along with state-of-the-art computer simulations, designed to increase the readers' understanding of oligomerisation and fibril formation. At the same time, this book delves into the pathogenesis of familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease at the atomic level of detail.
Written by leading authors in their respective fields, this book will be valuable to all scientists working with Alzheimer's disease.

 

 

 

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