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    Amyloid plaques (also known as neuritic plaques, amyloid beta plaques or senile plaques) are extracellular deposits of the amyloid beta (Aβ) protein mainly...
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    Amyloid beta (Aβ or Abeta) denotes peptides of 36–43 amino acids that are the main component of the amyloid plaques found in the brains of people with...
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    Amyloids are aggregates of proteins characterised by a fibrillar morphology of typically 7–13 nm in diameter, a β-sheet secondary structure (known as cross-β)...
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    generates amyloid beta (Aβ), a polypeptide containing 37 to 49 amino acid residues, whose amyloid fibrillar form is the primary component of amyloid plaques found...
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  • Notably, amyloid plaques have been hypothesized to counteract this BBB leakage. However, upon the administration of antibodies, these plaques are targeted...
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  • and cingulate gyrus. Both amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are clearly visible by microscopy in AD brains. Plaques are dense, mostly insoluble...
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    of abnormally folded amyloid beta protein into amyloid plaques, and tau protein into neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Plaques are made up of small...
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  • radiotracer developed for routine clinical application to visualize β-amyloid plaques in the brain. It is a fluorine-18 (18F)-labeled stilbene derivative...
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  • Donanemab (category Anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies)
    the quantity of amyloid plaques deposited in the brain and the development of Alzheimer's disease. Donanemab targets amyloid plaque, potentially reducing...
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    of atherosclerotic changes is similar to that in the development of amyloid plaques in the brain and that of age spots on the skin. Misrepair-accumulation...
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  • reduction in amyloid plaques. Accelerated brain volume loss has been reported with lecanemab, aducanumab, donanemab, and other anti-amyloid drugs. Hippocampal...
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    response to the amyloid plaques that are characteristic of AD. Loss of TREM2 function reduces the responses of microglia to plaques, which then appear...
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  • several different types of amyloid. In almost all of the organ-specific pathologies, there is debate as to whether the amyloid plaques are the causal agent...
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  • or other materials Amyloid plaque Atheroma or atheromatous plaque, a buildup of deposits within the wall of an artery Dental plaque, a biofilm that builds...
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    of misfolded protein aggregates called amyloid, both in vitro and in vivo (e.g., plaques composed of amyloid beta found in the brains of Alzheimer's...
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  • which can be used in positron emission tomography scans to image beta-amyloid plaques in neuronal tissue. Due to this property, Pittsburgh compound B may...
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  • Thumbnail for Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a form of angiopathy in which amyloid beta peptide deposits in the walls of small to medium blood vessels of the...
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    Pittsburgh compound B (PiB) and florbetaben, which are all used to detect amyloid-beta plaques, a potential biomarker for Alzheimer's in the brain. PET imaging...
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  • Thumbnail for Amyloid-beta precursor protein secretase
    gamma-secretase (γ-secretase) produces the amyloid-beta peptide fragment that aggregates into clumps called amyloid plaques in the brains affected by Alzheimer's...
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    presence of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Plaques are made up of small peptides, typically 39–43 amino acids in length, called amyloid beta (also...
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  • forms of the disease. Deposits of amyloid can be seen in sections of brain tissue. This amyloid protein forms plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that...
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    reverse the Abeta42:Abeta40 ratio and thereby prevent the “seeding” of amyloid plaques. Notably, they do not inhibit gamma-secretase. Tanzi and Wagner have...
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  • apoptotic cells), excess synapses, or protein aggregates (such as amyloid plaques). Opsonins help clear pathogens, as well as dead, dying and diseased...
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    immune function) multiply. Pathogens accumulate to form characteristic amyloid plaques, though these are less prevalent than in other transmissible spongiform...
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    be the major constituent of diffuse plaques observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains and pre-amyloid plaques in people affected by Down syndrome....
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  • memory disorder is the amount of beta-amyloid deposits, hippocampal neurofibrillary tangles, or amyloid plaques in the cortex. If there is an increased...
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    cellulose, "amyloid" actually is rich in protein. Subsequent research has shown that many different proteins can form amyloid, and that all amyloids show birefringence...
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    hallmark histopathology features of Alzheimer's disease, including amyloid beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangle accumulation. Vervets in the trial fed...
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    Numerous widespread kuru-type amyloid plaques surrounded by vacuoles in both the cerebellum and cerebrum – florid plaques. Spongiform change and extensive...
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  • lixisenatide (1 or 10 nmol/kg) or saline of APP/PS1 mice at an age when amyloid plaques had already formed. When analyzing synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus...
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