PMID- 25230227 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150713 LR - 20191027 IS - 1996-3181 (Electronic) IS - 1871-5273 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 7 DP - 2014 TI - Biological mechanisms linking Alzheimer's disease and type-2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 1192-201 AB - The emerging data suggest that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can contribute significantly to the onset or progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) either directly or as a cofactor. Various in vitro and in vivo animal and human clinical studies have provided evidence that T2DM is a major risk factor in the pathology of AD and the two diseases share common biological mechanisms at the molecular level. The biological mechanisms that are common in the pathology of both T2DM and AD include insulin resistance, impaired glucose metabolism, beta-amyloid formation, oxidative stress, and the presence of advanced glycation end products. With better understanding of the degree of association between AD and T2DM and the underlying molecular mechanisms explaining this relationship, it is hoped that researchers will be able to develop effective therapeutic interventions to treat or control T2DM and, as a consequence, delay the onset or progression of AD. FAU - Mushtaq, Gohar AU - Mushtaq G FAU - Khan, Jalaluddin A AU - Khan JA FAU - Kamal, Mohammad A AU - Kamal MA AD - Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. gmushtaq2001@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United Arab Emirates TA - CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets JT - CNS & neurological disorders drug targets JID - 101269155 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy/*physiopathology MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy/*physiopathology MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Insulin Resistance MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Risk Factors EDAT- 2014/09/18 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/18 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/04/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/04/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/15 06:00 [medline] AID - CNSNDDT-EPUB-62380 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1871527313666140917114537 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2014;13(7):1192-201. doi: 10.2174/1871527313666140917114537.