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Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: An overlooked population for prevention trials

Strydom, A; Coppus, A; Blesa, R; Danek, A; Fortea, J; Hardy, J; Levin, J; ... Zetterberg, H; + view all (2018) Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: An overlooked population for prevention trials. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions , 4 pp. 703-713. 10.1016/j.trci.2018.10.006. Green open access

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Abstract

The discovery that adults with Down syndrome (DS) have neuropathological features identical to individuals with sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) played a key role in the identification of the amyloid precursor protein gene on chromosome 21 and resulted in the amyloid cascade hypothesis. Individuals with DS have a lifetime risk for dementia in excess of 90%, and DS is now acknowledged to be a genetic form of AD similar to rare autosomal-dominant causes. Just as DS put the spotlight on amyloid precursor protein mutations, it is also likely to inform us of the impact of manipulating the amyloid pathway on treatment outcomes in AD. Ironically, however, individuals with DS are usually excluded from AD trials. This review will discuss primary and secondary prevention trials for AD in DS and the potential barriers and solutions to such trials and describe the Europe-wide Horizon21 Consortium to establish a DS-AD prevention clinical trials network.

Type: Article
Title: Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: An overlooked population for prevention trials
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.trci.2018.10.006
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2018.10.006
Language: English
Additional information: © 2018 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10064420
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