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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Review article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Dysregulation of neurotrophic and haematopoietic growth factors in Alzheimer's disease
T2 - from pathophysiology to novel treatment strategies
AU - Sopova, Kateryna
AU - Gatsiou, Katerina
AU - Stellos, Konstantinos
AU - Laske, Christoph
PY - 2014/1/31
Y1 - 2014/1/31
N2 - Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly. Growth factors have been demonstrated to act in a synergistic way in angiogenesis and neurogenesis contributing to self-healing powers of the adult human brain. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that levels of many growth factors (neurotrophins and hematopoietins) are altered in cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood from AD patients and in animal models of AD. The present review summarizes the role of several neurotrophic growth factors (e.g., BDNF, SCF, NGF, GDNF) and haematopoietic growth factors (e.g., G-CSF, VEGF, SDF-1) in AD. Moreover, we summarize recent studies evaluating the diagnostic and prognostic value of growth factor levels in blood and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with AD and discuss the potential role of these growth factors as a promising new therapeutic approach in AD.
AB - Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly. Growth factors have been demonstrated to act in a synergistic way in angiogenesis and neurogenesis contributing to self-healing powers of the adult human brain. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that levels of many growth factors (neurotrophins and hematopoietins) are altered in cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood from AD patients and in animal models of AD. The present review summarizes the role of several neurotrophic growth factors (e.g., BDNF, SCF, NGF, GDNF) and haematopoietic growth factors (e.g., G-CSF, VEGF, SDF-1) in AD. Moreover, we summarize recent studies evaluating the diagnostic and prognostic value of growth factor levels in blood and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with AD and discuss the potential role of these growth factors as a promising new therapeutic approach in AD.
KW - Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy
KW - Animals
KW - Blood-Brain Barrier/drug effects
KW - Brain/blood supply
KW - Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors/metabolism
KW - Humans
KW - Nerve Growth Factors/metabolism
KW - Neurogenesis/drug effects
U2 - 10.2174/1567205010666131120100743
DO - 10.2174/1567205010666131120100743
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24251394
VL - 11
SP - 27
EP - 39
JO - Current Alzheimer Research
JF - Current Alzheimer Research
SN - 1567-2050
IS - 1
ER -