{"title":"Linking lipids, Alzheimer's and LXRs?","authors":"Nilay V Patel, Barry Marc Forman","doi":"10.1621/nrs.02001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deposition of the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide is thought to underlie development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This pathological linkage has spurred considerable interest in therapeutic strategies to reduce Abeta production. It is becoming increasingly clear that altered cholesterol homeostasis can modulate Abeta production and/or accumulation. In this review, we discuss the molecular pathology of AD, the cholesterol connection and recent data suggesting that the oxysterol receptor, liver X receptor LXR (NR1H2 and NR1H3), may modulate these events.</p>","PeriodicalId":87415,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear receptor signaling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1621/nrs.02001","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nuclear receptor signaling","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1621/nrs.02001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2004/4/5 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 11
Abstract
Deposition of the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide is thought to underlie development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This pathological linkage has spurred considerable interest in therapeutic strategies to reduce Abeta production. It is becoming increasingly clear that altered cholesterol homeostasis can modulate Abeta production and/or accumulation. In this review, we discuss the molecular pathology of AD, the cholesterol connection and recent data suggesting that the oxysterol receptor, liver X receptor LXR (NR1H2 and NR1H3), may modulate these events.