Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Aβ efflux impairment and inflammation linked to cerebrovascular accumulation of amyloid-forming amylin secreted from pancreas

  • Nirmal Verma,
  • Gopal Viswanathan Velmurugan,
  • Edric Winford,
  • Han Coburn,
  • Deepak Kotiya,
  • Noah Leibold,
  • Laura Radulescu,
  • Sanda Despa,
  • Kuey C. Chen,
  • Linda J. Van Eldik,
  • Peter T. Nelson,
  • Donna M. Wilcock,
  • Gregory A. Jicha,
  • Ann M. Stowe,
  • Larry B. Goldstein,
  • David K. Powel,
  • Jeffrey H. Walton,
  • Manuel F. Navedo,
  • Matthew A. Nystoriak,
  • Andrew J. Murray,
  • Geert Jan Biessels,
  • Claire Troakes,
  • Henrik Zetterberg,
  • John Hardy,
  • Tammaryn Lashley,
  • Florin Despa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04398-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Converging data from humans and laboratory animals suggest that altering bloodborne amylin could potentially reduce cerebrovascular amylin deposits and Aβ pathology in Alzheimer’s disease brains.