title: Diabetes and Alzheimer's disease crosstalk.
abstract: Despite intensive research efforts over the past few decades, the mechanisms underlying the etiology of sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain unknown. This fact is of major concern because the number of patients affected by this medical condition is increasing exponentially and the existing treatments are only palliative in nature and offer no disease modifying affects. Interestingly, recent epidemiological studies indicate that diabetes significantly increases the risk of developing AD, suggesting that diabetes may play a causative role in the development of AD pathogenesis. Therefore, elucidating the molecular interactions between diabetes and AD is of critical significance because it might offer a novel approach to identifying mechanisms that may modulate the onset and progression of sporadic AD cases. This review highlights the involvement of several novels pathological molecular mechanisms induced by diabetes that increase AD pathogenesis. Furthermore, we discuss novel findings in animal model and clinical studies involving the use of anti-diabetic compounds as promising therapeutics for AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4545, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baglietto-Vargas
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4545, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4545, USA.
authors.forename: Devin M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Yaeger
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4545, USA.
authors.forename: Rahasson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ager
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4545, USA. Electronic address: laferla@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Frank M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: LaFerla
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans
keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; Amyloid; Diabetes; Inflammation and cognition; Tau