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YEAR 2003 

 
eLetters (click on arrows to read letters): Papers under discussion:



Letter to colleagues: 
Articles on Alzheimer's in Science magazine: amyloid beta road show? / Dana Alliance lecture on neuroethics.
Followed by reply by Petern Stern, Science Senior Editor.

( Click on the title above to open an Acrobat .PDF imprint of the correspondence. Acrobat reader required )

Alexei R. Koudinov

Become public 4 November 2003

Monsonego A and Weiner H. 
Immunotherapeutic Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease.
Science. 31 October 2003 302, 834-5. 
[ Full Text ] [ PubMed ] [ Related early correspondence ]
[ Brain Disease issue cover ] [ Special issue preview by Science
 



Amyloid beta road show, or Has the lure of profits corrupted Alzheimer’s neuroscience?

Alexei R. Koudinov

Published online 5 August 2003; Current hit parade: 1739
 

Monsonego A et al.
Increased T cell reactivity to amyloid b protein in older humans and patients with Alzheimer disease.
J Clin Invest. 1 Aug 2003 112: 415-22 
[ PubMed ] [ Abstract ]

Eriksen JL et al.
NSAIDs and enantiomers of flurbiprofen target gamma-secretase and lower Abeta42 in vivo. 
J Clin Invest. 1 Aug 2003 112: 440-9 
[ PubMed ] [ Abstract

Cirrito JR, Holtzman DM. 
Amyloid b and Alzheimer disease therapeutics: the devil may be in the detail. J Clin Invest. 1 Aug 2003 112: 321-3
[ PubMed ] [ Abstract ]. 
 



Cholesterol and Alzheimer's: is amyloid beta a cause or consequence of the disease?

Alexei R. Koudinov

(Published online 30 July 2003; Current hit parade: 703)

Original ( 321 words 5 citations) letter was first electronically submitted on July 22, 2003 as correspondence to Neurology. It was then rejected on July 30, 2003. Neurology rejection letter stated: We do not think the letter warrants publication as it does not add any substantial contribution to the literature.
 

Pappolla MA et al.

Mild hypercholesterolemia is an early risk factor for the development of Alzheimer amyloid pathology.

Neurology 22 July 2003 61: 199-205. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ] [NoL Noteworthy]
 



Amyloid beta and Alzheimer's disease: an endpoint relation?

Alexei R. Koudinov

Published online 13 July 2003; Current hit parade: 678
 

Sunderland T et al.
Decreased b-Amyloid 1-42 and Increased Tau Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With Alzheimer Disease. 
JAMA 2003 289: 2094-103. 
[ PubMed ]

Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Institute of the Alzheimer's Association and the NIA working group: consensus report of the working group on: "molecular and biochemical markers of Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiol Aging 1998 19: 109-116 [Erratum in: Neurobiol Aging. 1998 19: 285] 
[ PubMed ] [ Erratum FullText ].

Thies B, Truschke E, Morrison-Bogorad M, Hodes RJ. 
Consensus report of the Working Group on: molecular and biochemical markers of Alzheimer's disease. Letter to the editor. 
Neurobiol Aging. 1999 20: 247 
[ PubMed ] [ FullText ]
 



Open letter to Donald Kennedy, Science Editor-in-Chief: AAAS, Science, Alzheimer’s disease and academic dishonesty.

On August 8, 2003 I noticed that this letter was removed from SAGE KE. Unhappy to know? Then ask SAGE KE editor when it will be back at SAGE KE. Meanwhile the original letter is available at this link and at Science SAGE KE logo above.

Alexei R. Koudinov

Published online 16 June 2003; Current hit parade: 1192
 

Bloom FE. 
Presidential address. Science as a way of life: perplexities of a physician-scientist.
Science. 13 June 2003 300, 1680-5. 
[ Full Text ] [ AAAS coverage ] [ PubMed ]
 



22 May 2003 Neuron article on Alzheimer's : 'valid research' or a 'drug company propaganda'?
Alexei R. Koudinov

(Submitted/published online 31 May / 1 June 2003; Current hit parade: 1899)


Hasta la vista, amyloid cascade hypothesis, OR will academic dishonesty yield Alzheimer's cure?

Alexei R. Koudinov

Published online 26 May 2003; Current hit parade: 1203
 

Hock C, et al.
Report: Antibodies against ß-Amyloid Slow Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease 
Neuron 22 May 2003 38, 547-554 
[ Abstract at Neuron ] [ PubMed ]

Winblad B, Blum KI. 
Preview: Hints of a Therapeutic Vaccine for Alzheimer's? 
Neuron 22 May 2003 38, 517-518 
[ Abstract at Neuron ] [ PubMed ]

 



Alzheimer's amyloid beta oligomers versus lipoprotein Ab.

Alexei R. Koudinov

Published online 1 May 2003; Current hit parade: 631
 

Kayed R, et al.
Common structure of soluble amyloid oligomers implies common mechanism of pathogenesis. 
Science. 18 April 2003 300, 486-489. 
[ Full Text ] [ SAGE KE ] [ PubMed ]
 



Correspondence with Neuron editorial office (August 2002)

( Click on the title above to open an Acrobat .PDF imprint of the letter. Acrobat reader required )

Alexei R. Koudinov

(A. Koudinov correspondence with Neuron (August 2002, two items) on the conflict of interest between Dennis J. Selkoe, M.D. service as Elan corporation director and academic service as Neuron Editorial board member, and an author of an article missing competing interest disclosure) 

Selkoe DJ. 
Clearing the brain's amyloid cobwebs. 
Neuron. 25 Oct 2001 32, 177
[ Abstract at Neuron ] [ PubMed ]
 



Correspondence with Murray Sagsveen (Nov. 2002-March 2003)

( Click on the title above to open an Acrobat .PDF imprint of the correspondence. Acrobat reader required )

A. Koudinov correspondence with AAN (13 Nov. 2002 - 26 March 2003, eight items) on the conflict of interest between Dennis J. Selkoe, M.D., service as a chairperson for Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease and related disorders and D. Selkoe service as Elan corporation director

( Become public on 27 March 2003; July 1, 2003 hit parade: 225) 

Also see

A. Koudinov Feb 28, 2003 letter to Science Editor-in-Chief .

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY POTAMKIN PRIZE

Murray G. Sagsveen, General Counsel and Associate Executive Director, 
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Rosenberg RN. 
The Potamkin Prize for Pick's, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders.
AAN web site (last viewed 26 March 2003) 
[ Original .DOC file ] [ HTML cached version ]. 

The Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's and Related disorders. The winner history 2002 edition
AAN web site (last viewed 26 March 2003)
[ Original .DOC file ] [ HTML cached version ].

News release: 2002 Potamkin Prize Recognizes The Ground-Breaking Work Of Alzheimer?s Disease Researchers In Germany, Belgium
AAN web site (Published 13 April 2002; last viewed 26 March 2003) 
[ Original .DOC file ] [ HTML cached version ].

Press release: Christian Haass, PhD, 2002 Potamkin Prize co-recipient
AAN web site (last viewed 26 March 2003)
[ Original Acrobat .PDF file ] [ HTML cached version ].

2003 Potamkin Prize Shared By Two Researchers.
Medica.de web site  (13 March 2003) 
[ Full Text




 

See a BIG picture.

Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D.

(published online 22 November 2002)
 


Kamenetz F. et al.
APP Processing and Synaptic Function.
Neuron 27 March 2003 37: 925-937. 
[ Abstract/FullText ] [ AlzForum News Report ]

Make a note how long it took for this anti-amyloid-dogma article (first presented at the SFN Annual Meeting 2000, see next line) to get published!
 
SOCIETY for NEUROSCIENCE ABSTRACTS 2000
Kamenetz F. et al.
Activity dependent secretion of b-amyloid: roles of b-amyloid in synaptic transmission.
Soc Neurosci Abstr 2000 26: 491. 
[ Abstract at Scholarone ]
 
Neurobiology of Lipids
Koudinova NV. et al.
Amyloid beta, neural lipids, cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiol Lipids 4 March 2003 1:
[ Free FullText ]
 
Neurobiology of Lipids
Koudinov AR and Koudinova NV
Amyloid beta protein restores hippocampal long-term potentiation: a central role for cholesterol?
Neurobiol Lipids 2003 1: 8 In Press
[ Abstract ]
 
Journal of NEUROSCIENCE
Lazarov O. et al.
Evidence that synaptically released b-amyloid accumulates as extracellular deposits in the hippocampus of transgenic mice.
J Neurosci 15 Nov 2002 22: 9785-93. 
[ PubMed ]



Alzheimer's disease vaccine danger: take it straightforward, not double-edged
Alexei R. Koudinov

(Submitted/published online 22/23 March 2003; Current hit parade: 1215)

Greenberg SM, Bacskai BJ, Hyman BT. 
Alzheimer disease's double-edged vaccine. 
Nature Medicine (17 March 2003) doi:10.1038/nm847
[ FullText]. 

Nicoll JAR et al.
Neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease after immunization with amyloid-beta peptide: a case report. 
Nature Medicine (17 March 2003) doi:10.1038/nm840
[ FullText

Check E. 
Autopsy of inflamed brain points to vaccine dangers. 
Nature News Service (17 March 2003) 
[ FullText ]. 
 



Letter to Donald Kennedy (28 Feb 2003)

( Click on the title above to open an Acrobat .PDF imprint of the letter. Acrobat reader required )

Alexei R. Koudinov

(E.mailed to Dr. Kennedy on 28 February 2003 / Become public on 20 March 2003; July 1, 2003 hit parade: 338)

Donald Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief, Science magazine

Correspondence with A. Koudinov, June - Dec. 2002 
To be disclosed

Also see: A. Koudinov Jan. 31, 2003 Science dEbate letter .
 




Open letter to Public Citizen's Health Research Group on Alzheimer's disease research.

Alexei R. Koudinov

SAGE KE letter published online 21 February 2003. BMJ letter first submitted 17 February; re-submitted 20 February; published 27 February 2003

Joint current hit parade: 2703

 

Laura Helmuth.
NSAIDS for prevention? Protecting the brain while killing pain? 
Science 23 August 2003 297: 1262 
[ Full Text ] [ PubMed ] [ Correction ]

Laura Helmuth.
New therapies. New Alzheimer's treatments that may ease the mind. 
Science 23 August 2003 297: 1260 
[ Full Text ] [ PubMed ]

Also see:

Barbehenn E, Lurie P, Wolfe SM. 
Letter to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson that raises ethical concerns about the “Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-Inflammatory Prevention Trial” (ADAPT) (HRG Publication #1637) 
Public Citizen publications. 4 September 2002
[ FullText ]



Do not underscore the epidemics of the business, too.

( Click on the title above to open an Acrobat .PDF imprint of the submitted dEbate letter. Acrobat reader required )

Alexei R. Koudinov

Submitted on 31 Jan 2003 as Science dEbate letter. 
Rejected by Science on 7 Feb 2003; become public on 20 March 2003; July 1 2003 hit parade: 116 

The rejection letter stated: 
"We will not be publishing your dEbate submission, as we feel that it simply reiterates previous comments you have  made about Dr. Selkoe."

Donald Kennedy 

Editorial: An epidemic of politics.

Science 31 Jan 2003 299(5607): 625
[ PubMed ][ Abstract/FullText ]. 

 




Health News Readers' Opinion

Alzheimer's research: New ideas or old dogma?
Alexei R. Koudinov
(Submitted/published online 14 January 2003)




Health News Readers' Opinion

Cholesterol and Alzheimer's: beware of oversimplification. 
Alexei R. Koudinov
(Submitted/published online 15 January 2003)



Gina Kolata
New Ideas Energize Alzheimer's Battle.
The New York Times (Health News) January 14, 2003 
[ Full Text ]


Does Rotterdam study question the link between fat and dementia?
Alexei R. Koudinov

(submitted online 27 December 2002/Published online 15 January 2003; Current hit parade: 500)
 

Engelhart MJ  et al.
Diet and risk of dementia: Does fat matter? The Rotterdam Study.
Neurology 2002 59: 1915-21. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ] [ ARF News] [NoL Noteworthy]
 

YEAR 2002 
eLetters (click on arrows to read letters): Papers under discussion:


Amyloid was never clearly implicated in Alzheimer's disease, so look at Ab from a different angle.

Alexei R. Koudinov

(submitted/published online 26/30 November 2002; Current hit parade: 2483

The early version of this BMJ letter was first submitted (20 Nov 2002, and then rejected) to J. Clin. Invest. as eLetter to editor for article by D. Selkoe cited to the right.
 

Selkoe DJ. 
Alzheimer's disease is a synaptic failure. 
Science 2002 Oct 25;298(5594): 789
[ PubMed ] [ Correction ]. 

Golde TE. 
Alzheimer disease therapy: Can the amyloid cascade be halted? 
J Clin Invest 2003 Jan;111(1): 11
[ PubMed ] [ FullText ]. 

Selkoe DJ. 
Deciphering the genesis and fate of amyloid beta-protein yields novel therapies for Alzheimer disease. 
J Clin Invest 2002 Nov;110(10): 1375
[ PubMed ].

Wolfe MS. 
Therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease. 
Nature Rev Drug Discov 2002 Nov; 1(11): 859
[ PubMed ]

Haass C. 
New hope for Alzheimer disease vaccine. 
Nature Medicine 2002 Nov; 8(11): 1195
[ PubMed ].

Citron M. 
Alzheimer's disease: treatments in discovery and development.
Nature Neuroscience 2002 Nov; 5 (Suppl 1): 1055
[ PubMed ]. 

Selkoe DJ, Schenk D. 
Alzheimer's Disease: Molecular Understanding Predicts Amyloid-Based Therapeutics. 
Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2002 Oct 4 
[ PubMed]

Colin L Masters and Konrad Beyreuther
Clinical review: Science, medicine, and the future: Alzheimer's disease.
BMJ 7 February 1998 316: 446 
[ Full Text ]
 



Ethical Conundrums : An Alzheimer's case.
Alexei R. Koudinov

Also, see the .PDF imprint of the original dEbate letter submitted to Science, and then rejected.

(submitted/published online 8/12 September 2002; Current hit parade: 2004)




Amyloid hypothesis: summer 2002 and 8th International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease update.
Alexei R. Koudinov & Natalia V. Koudinova

(submitted/resubmitted online 29/30 July 2002; published online 31 July 2002; Current hit parade: 1547
 

Also see:
Ready T. 
Science for Sale : A Harvard researcher stands to profit from a product he "independently" reviewed for the National Institutes of Health. 
The Boston Phoenix, Published 29 April 1999 
[ Full Text ]

Crowley D.
Elan Alzheimer's expert in pre-slump share sale
The Sunday Business Post, Published 18 August 2002
[ Full Text ]

John Hardy, Dennis Selkoe.
The Amyloid Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease: Progress and Problems on the Road to Therapeutics.
Science 19 July 2002 297: 353 
[ Full Text ] [ PubMed ] [ Correction ]


Rosenberg RN. 
Explaining the Cause of the Amyloid Burden in Alzheimer Disease.
Arch Neurol 2002 59: 1439-43 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]



Alzheimer's disease and amyloid beta protein.

Alexei R. Koudinov, Mark A. Smith, George Perry & Natalia V. Koudinova

(submitted/published online 14/25 June 2002; Current hit parade: 3142) 

 

J. Paul Taylor, John Hardy, Kenneth H. Fischbeck.
Toxic Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disease. 
Science 14 June 2002 296: 1991
[ Full Text ] [ PubMed ]

Walsh DM, Klyubin I, Fadeeva JV, et al.
Naturally secreted oligomers of amyloid beta protein potently inhibit hippocampal long-term potentiation in vivo.
Nature April 2002 416: 535-539 
[ PubMed ] [ Alz Forum news story ]


 
Expert readers feedback on the above letters by Koudinov et al:

"... thanks for your making another strong statement about the realities involving the amyloid hypothesis..."

"...Thanks for pointing this out."

"Excellent letter. I totally agree with your position. Hopefully in the near future scientists that are part of study sections scoring grants will value the importance of research projects characterizing the normal physiological role(s) of amyloid beta and other fragments of APP."

"I have been in this field for over 15 years and I agree with you that the amyloid theory of AD is far from clear... We clearly need a better theory for explaining  this disorder"

"Finally, after 15 years of  "bad" amyloid maybe somebody will look at the function..."

"I agree whole heartily with your letter to Science concerning Alzheimer's disease and the amyloid beta protein. It is amazing how this field has been led down the "amyloid hypothesis" trail to the exclusion of other viable hypotheses. If you don't go along with the amyloid dogma, you have difficulty publishing and extreme difficulty being funded. The anti-intellectual, anti-science mentality displayed by many in this field has slowed progress to a crawl. This is a shame."

"...Many thanks for all the information... I was going to do an article more than a year ago saying that a clinical trial of A-beta vaccination was too hazardous to try, but never got around to it. Then the disaster that many of us predicted would result came to pass. I thought common sense would then prevail and this whole idea would be abandoned. But as you have pointed out, the dogma is too strong to be dropped, and now it is the application, and not a faulty theory that is being blamed. More AD cases are in danger..."
 




Beware the simplification in defining neurodegenerative diseases.
Alexei R. Koudinov & Natalia V. Koudinova



Is neurodegeneration a unique multifarious human brain disease?
Alexei R. Koudinov & Natalia V. Koudinova

(Published online 23/25 June 2002; Current hit parade: 766)

Adrian Williams
Defining neurodegenerative diseases.
BMJ 22 June 2002 324: 1465 
[ Full Text ]
 



Alzheimer’s amyloid dogma. A time for change

Alexei R. Koudinov, Mark A. Smith, George Perry, Natalia V. Koudinova

(submitted/published online 21 June 2002; Current hit parade: 864)

Lawrence I Golbe
Neurodegeneration in the age of molecular biology.
BMJ 22 June 2002 324: 1467 
[ Full Text ]

J. Paul Taylor, John Hardy, Kenneth H. Fischbeck.
Toxic Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disease. 
Science 14 June 2002 296: 1991
[ Full Text ] [ PubMed ]




Amyloid hypothesis, synaptic function, and Alzheimer’s disease, 
or
Beware: the dogma is revitalized.

Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D., &
Natalia V. Koudinova, M.D., Ph.D. 

(Submitted/published online 14/15 May 2002; First submitted to Nature  on April 12 and April 24, 2002; Current hit parade: 1993)


Correspondence with Nature editorial office (April-December 2002)

( Click on the title above to open an Acrobat .PDF imprint of the letter. Acrobat reader required )

Alexei R. Koudinov

(A. Koudinov correspondence with Nature on the non-disclosure of Dennis J. Selkoe conflict of interest (as Elan corporation director) in the Nature article under discussion. 

Walsh DM, Klyubin I, Fadeeva JV, et al.
Naturally secreted oligomers of amyloid beta protein potently inhibit hippocampal long-term potentiation in vivo.
Nature April 2002 416: 535-539 
[ PubMed ] [ Alz Forum news story ] [ Nature news ] [ Disclaimer ]




Alzheimer’s anti-amyloid vaccination and statins: two approaches, one dogma. The time for change.

Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D., &
Natalia V. Koudinova, M.D., Ph.D. 

(Submitted/published online 20 March 2002; Current hit parade: 2774)

Check E. 
Nerve inflammation halts trial for Alzheimer's drug.
Nature 31 Jan 2002 415: 462 
[ PubMed ] [ Alz Forum discussion ]

Wiebe S and Nicolle MW
CLINICAL REVIEW 
Recent developments: Recent developments in neurology
BMJ 16 March 2002 324: 656-660 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]




(a .PDF imprint of submitted letter. Acrobat reader required)

Alzheimer's amyloid beta: is it really bad.
Alexei R. Koudinov, Ulrike Beisiegel & Natalia V. Koudinova.

(submitted online 19 March 2001; originally e-submitted to Science on March 13, 2001)
 

Marx J. 
Alzheimer's disease: bad for the heart, bad for the mind? 
Science (19 October 2001) 294: 508-509
[ PubMed] [ Full Text

Simons M, Keller P, Dichgans J, Schulz JB.
Cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease: Is there a link?
Neurology 2001 57: 1089-93. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]

Wolozin B.
A fluid connection: Cholesterol and Ab
PNAS 2001 98: 5371-3. 
[ Full Text ]
 

... and a list of other articles on Cholesterol and amyloid, see the eLetter .PDF imprint for refs.
Also see our BMJ eLetter of March 2002.


Cholesterol homeostasis failure at neuromuscular junctions and CNS synapses: a unifying cause of synaptic degeneration ?
Alexei R. Koudinov, Natalia V. Koudinova and Ulrike Beisiegel.

(submitted online 20 February 2002/Published online 26 February 2002; Current hit parade: 668)
 

Jaworska-Wilczynska M et al.
Three lipoprotein receptors and cholesterol in inclusion-body myositis muscle.
Neurology 2002 58: 438-445. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]

Naguib M et al.
Advances in neurobiology of the neuromuscular junction: implications for the anesthesiologist. 
Anesthesiology 2002 96: 202-231. 
[ PubMed ]



Genetics/cardiovascular risk versus environment/Alzheimer's: directions diverted, cholesterol united
Alexei R. Koudinov, Temirbolat T. Berezov & Natalia V. Koudinova.

(submitted/published online 14 December 2001; updated 2 January 2002; Current hit parade: 1376)

Day INM & Wilson DI
Science, medicine, and the future: Genetics and cardiovascular risk.
BMJ 2001 323: 1409. 
[ Full Text ]

Grant WB et al.
Incidence of Dementia and Alzheimer Disease in Nigeria and the United States. 
JAMA 2001 85: 2448. 
[ Full Text ] [ PubMed ]

YEAR 2001

 


Cholesterol misregulation causes Alzheimer's disease: diet likely involved.
Alexei R. Koudinov & Natalia V. Koudinova.

(submitted/published online 1 December 2001)


Titan et al.
Frequency of eating and concentrations of serum cholesterol in the Norfolk population of the European prospective investigation into cancer (EPIC-Norfolk): cross sectional study.
BMJ 2001 323: 1286. 
[ Full Text


High density lipoproteins as hidden imprint of Alzheimer's brain cholesterol pathology.
Alexei R. Koudinov, Temirbolat T. Berezov & Natalia V. Koudinova.

(submitted online 27 November 2001/published online 12 December 2001)
 


Launer LJ et al.
Cholesterol and neuropathologic markers of Alzheimer's disease: a population-based autopsy study.
Neurology 2001 57: 1447-52. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]


Merched A, Xia Y, Visvikis S, Serot JM, Siest G. 
Decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and serum apolipoprotein AI concentrations are highly correlated with the severity of Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiol Aging 2000 21: 27-30. 
[ PubMed ]




[ PubMed ]

Cholesterol's role in synapse formation.
Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D., & Natalia V. Koudinova, M.D., Ph.D. 

(submitted online 2:52 am, Jerusalem time, 9 November 2001; published 22 March 2002; also see .PDF imprint of the submitted letter) 


Barres BA, Smith SJ. 
Cholesterol-Making or Breaking the Synapse. 
Science (9 Nov 2001) 294: 1296-1297 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]


Mauch DH et al. CNS Synaptogenesis Promoted by Glia-Derived Cholesterol. 
Science (9 Nov 2001) 294: 1354-1357
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ] [ AlzForum Commentary




Looking forward for a historic issue, or: Is there anything besides amyloid? 
Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D., & Natalia V. Koudinova, M.D., Ph.D.

(published online 19 October 2001)


Kale R.
Neurodegenerative disorders.
BMJ 2001 323: 879. 
[ Full Text ]


Selkoe DJ.
Presenilin, Notch, and the genesis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
PNAS (2001) 98: 11039-11041. 
[ Full Text ]  [ Correction ]



Cholesterol, synaptic function and Alzheimer's disease?

Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D., &
Natalia V. Koudinova, M.D., Ph.D. 

(published online 16 October 2001; First submitted to Nature Cell Biology on Ocober 8, 2001 )
 


Puglielli L, et al.
Acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase modulates the generation of the amyloid b-peptide. 
Nature Cell Biol 2001 10: 905-12 [ PubMed ] [ Full text ]


Miia Kivipelto et al.
Midlife vascular risk factors and Alzheimer's disease in later life: longitudinal, population based study 
BMJ 2001 322: 1447-51 [ Full Text ]




[ PubMed ]

Beware: the link is not simple.
Alexei R. Koudinov, Temirbolat T. Berezov & Natalia V. Koudinova.

(submitted online 1 October 2001/published online 16 October 2001)
 


Marx J.
Alzheimer's disease: bad for the heart, bad for the mind? Science (19 October 2001) 294: 508-509 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text


Simons M, Keller P, Dichgans J, Schulz JB.
Cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease: Is there a link?
Neurology 2001 57: 1089-93. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]


Wolozin B.
A fluid connection: Cholesterol and Ab
PNAS 2001 98: 5371-3. 
[ Full Text]


LRP: a cholesterol recruitment checkpoint for neuronal structure-functional plasticity?

Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D., & Natalia V. Koudinova, M.D., Ph.D. 

(published online 12 October 2001)
 


Herz J, Strickland DK.
LRP: a multifunctional scavenger and signaling receptor.
J Clin Invest 2001 108: 779-84. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]


Herz J.
The LDL Receptor Gene Family: (Un)Expected Signal Transducers in the Brain.
Neuron (2001) 29: 571-81. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]


Herz J. 
Lipoprotein receptors: beacons to neurons?
Trends Neurosci 2001 24: 193-5. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text



Alzheimer's pathogenesis: tau and amyloid - a consensus or a challenge for a third party quest?

.PDF imprint of original Science dEbate eLetter ]

Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D., & Natalia V. Koudinova, M.D., Ph.D. 

(published online 4 September 2001/First submitted to Science as dEbate eLetter to editor on 24 August 2001


Gottlieb S.
Scientists propose a new theory for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.
BMJ 2001 322: 1085 
[ Full Text ]


Lee VM.
Tauists and baptists united--well almost!
Science 2001 24: 1446-7. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]


Dementia, cholesterol and the soft science of dietary fat.

Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D., & Natalia V. Koudinova, M.D., Ph.D. 

(published online 27 July 2001)


Gottleib S.
Statins can help prevent dementia.
BMJ 2000 321: 1241a 
[ Full Text ]


Wolozin B.
A fluid connection: Cholesterol and Ab.
PNAS 2001 98: 5371-3. 
[ Full Text ]


Jick H, Zornberg GL, Jick SS, Seshadri S, Drachman DA. 
Statins and the risk of dementia.
Lancet 2000 356: 1627-31. [ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]


Wolozin B, Kellman W, Ruosseau P, Celesia GG, Siegel G. 
Decreased prevalence of Alzheimer disease associated with 3-hydroxy-3-methyglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors.
Arch Neurol 2000 57: 1439-43. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]


Taubes G.
The soft science of dietary fat.
Science 2001 291: 2536-45. 
[ PubMed ] [ Full Text ]




Pioneering new era of biomedical science publishing.
Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D. 

(published online 8 October 2001)


News:
Medical editor lambasts journals and editors.
BMJ 2001 323: 651. 
[ Full Text ]


Electronic Public Library of Science?
Alexei R. Koudinov, M.D., Ph.D.

(published online 31 May 2001)


Mellman I.
Considerations in Creating Online Archives.
Science 2001 292: 51b. 
[ Full Text


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