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Review Article

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Maze: A Snap View of the Past Decade’s Diverse Pharmacological Targets for the Disorder

Author(s): Donald Sikazwe, Raghunandan Yendapally, Sushma Ramsinghani and Malik Khan

Volume 17, Issue 3, 2017

Page: [305 - 318] Pages: 14

DOI: 10.2174/1389557516666160822152625

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Abstract

The discovery of disease modifying anti-Alzheimer’s molecules continues to be dared by: disease target multiplicity, downstream neurodegenerative biochemistry complexities, and genotype implications. A confluence of the above ingredients has contributed to a pipeline of creative molecules that regrettably underperform in clinical trials. Thus far, only five palliative pharmacotherapeutic agents, that is, four acetylcholine potentiating agents and an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist are clinically available. In this review we collectively describe the currently suggested targetable pathways for designing anti-Alzheimer’s agents (palliative and/or disease modifying). We are prompted to contribute in this manner out of a desire to simplify and consolidate, to a certain extent, the divergent target literature on Alzheimer’s drug discovery. We herein provide a summary update and perspective on realized and potentially druggable pharmacological targets for this CNS disorder. This article covers mostly the 2005-2015 medicinal chemistry/pharmacological/biological literature space on the subject.

Keywords: ApoE, α-/β-/γ-/δ-Secretases, epigenetics, incretins, liver-x-receptors, presinilins, Tau, Wnt.

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