Title:Amyloid-beta Targeted Therapeutic Approaches for Alzheimer’s Disease:
Long Road Ahead
Volume: 23
Issue: 11
关键词:
阿尔茨海默病,β淀粉样蛋白,临床研究,免疫治疗和药物开发,神经退行性疾病。
摘要: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
memory impairment and cognitive decline. The obvious pathological features of AD are still amyloid
plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Development of disease-modifying treatments for AD has been
challenging, with almost all drugs aborted. The amyloid cascade concept has been questioned due to
the failures of various amyloid-targeting prospects. Despite this, targeting amyloid-β (Aβ) active immunotherapy
provided some positive results to support this hypothesis and clinical trials of these
candidates are ongoing. In this review, we describe the latest advance in therapeutic strategies based
on amyloidogenic processing and evaluate the pros and cons of each treatment strategy. We also
highlight the current status of the hottest immunotherapy and discuss the future development direction.