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- Title
Amylin and Secretases in the Pathology and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.
- Authors
Singh, Som; Yang, Felix; Sivils, Andy; Cegielski, Victoria; Chu, Xiang-Ping
- Abstract
Alzheimer's disease remains a prevailing neurodegenerative condition which has an array physical, emotional, and financial consequences to patients and society. In the past decade, there has been a greater degree of investigation on therapeutic small peptides. This group of biomolecules have a profile of fundamentally sound characteristics which make them an intriguing area for drug development. Among these biomolecules, there are four modulatory mechanisms of interest in this review: alpha-, beta-, gamma-secretases, and amylin. These protease-based biomolecules all have a contributory role in the amyloid cascade hypothesis. Moreover, the involvement of various biochemical pathways intertwines these peptides to have shared regulators (i.e., retinoids). Further clinical and translational investigation must occur to gain a greater understanding of its potential application in patient care. The aim of this narrative review is to evaluate the contemporary literature on these protease biomolecule modulators and determine its utility in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
- Subjects
ALZHEIMER'S disease; AMYLIN; SECRETASES; PROTEOLYTIC enzymes; BIOMOLECULES; PATHOLOGY
- Publication
Biomolecules (2218-273X), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 7, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2218-273X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/biom12070996