Is sporadic Alzheimer disease the brain type of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus? A challenging hypothesis
Is sporadic Alzheimer disease the brain type of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus? A challenging hypothesis
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DOI:
10.1007/s007020050067
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发表时间:
1998-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Hoyer, S
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作者:
Hoyer, S
The hypothesis is forwarded that sporadic late-onset Alzheimer disease is caused by non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus which is confined to the brain. This hypothesis is based on the findings of Frolich and coworkers (this volume) who clearly demonstrate a perturbation of the neuronal insulin/ insulin receptor signal transduction pathway which is considered to be the pathobiochemical basis for the drastic reduction in glucose/energy metabolism in Alzheimer brain. As a consequence of this abnormality, advanced glycation end products are formed. Munch et al. (this volume) evaluate the impacts of the latter related to oxidative stress and the formation of P-amyloid and neurofibrillary tangles.