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Review
. 2014:2014:427318.
doi: 10.1155/2014/427318. Epub 2014 Jan 5.

Oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease: why did antioxidant therapy fail?

Torbjörn Persson  1 , Bogdan O Popescu  2 , Angel Cedazo-Minguez  1
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Review

Oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease: why did antioxidant therapy fail?

Torbjörn Persson et al. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2014.

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, with increasing prevalence and no disease-modifying treatment available yet. A remarkable amount of data supports the hypothesis that oxidative stress is an early and important pathogenic operator in AD. However, all clinical studies conducted to date did not prove a clear beneficial effect of antioxidant treatment in AD patients. In the current work, we review the current knowledge about oxidative stress in AD pathogeny and we suggest future paths that are worth to be explored in animal models and clinical studies, in order to get a better approach of oxidative imbalance in this inexorable neurodegenerative disease.

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