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Reactive oxygen species and Alzheimer's disease

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Copper-mediated toxicity of APP-Cu(II)/(I) complexes may contribute to neurodegeneration in AD and another neurological disorder, familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, supports the view that AD and FALS may be linked through a common mechanism.
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This article is published in Biochemical Pharmacology.The article was published on 1997-09-01. It has received 231 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neurodegeneration & Oxidative stress.

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Free Radicals in the Physiological Control of Cell Function

Wulf Dröge
TL;DR: There is growing evidence that aging involves, in addition, progressive changes in free radical-mediated regulatory processes that result in altered gene expression.
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Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Cancer: How Are They Linked?

TL;DR: Observations to date suggest that oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and cancer are closely linked.
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Aβ Oligomers Induce Neuronal Oxidative Stress through an N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor-dependent Mechanism That Is Blocked by the Alzheimer Drug Memantine

TL;DR: This response provides a pathologically specific mechanism for the therapeutic action of memantine, indicates a role for ROS dysregulation in ADDL-induced cognitive impairment, and supports the unifying hypothesis that ADDLs play a central role in AD pathogenesis.
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Oxidative stress and neurotoxicity

TL;DR: The role of oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis, neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disorders where there is evidence for a primary contribution of oxidative stress in neuronal death is highlighted.
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Apparent hydroxyl radical production by peroxynitrite: implications for endothelial injury from nitric oxide and superoxide.

TL;DR: It is proposed that superoxide dismutase may protect vascular tissue stimulated to produce superoxide and NO under pathological conditions by preventing the formation of peroxynitrite.
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Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene are associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

TL;DR: Tight genetic linkage between FALS and a gene that encodes a cytosolic, Cu/Zn-binding superoxide dismutase (SOD1), a homodimeric metalloenzyme that catalyzes the dismutation of the toxic superoxide anion O–2 to O2 and H2O2 is reported.
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Role of free radicals and catalytic metal ions in human disease: an overview.

TL;DR: The chapter discusses the metabolism of transition metals, such as iron and copper, and the chelation therapy that is an approach to site-specific antioxidant protection.
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Segregation of a missense mutation in the amyloid precursor protein gene with familial Alzheimer's disease.

TL;DR: A locus segregating with familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been mapped to chromosome 21, close to the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene as discussed by the authors, which suggests that some cases of AD could be caused by mutations in the APP gene.
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