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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Amyloid in Alzheimer’s Disease: Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt?

Christian Behl

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0301 basic medicinePharmacologyAmyloidReasonable doubtAmyloid pathologyAmyloidAmyloid βDiseaseToxicology03 medical and health sciences030104 developmental biology0302 clinical medicineAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsHumansAmyloid cascadePsychologyNeuroscience030217 neurology & neurosurgery

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Recently failed antiamyloidogenic trials call for an objective reassessment of the dominating amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Ongoing efforts focusing on amyloid β protein (Aβ), its deposition, and its removal need to be complemented by more intensive research in new directions. Those may either integrate amyloid pathology or will propose pathogenetic routes independent of Aβ in the search for the causes of AD.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2017.07.002