Peripheral Delivery of Ganglioside GM1 Exacerbates the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease in a Mouse Model

Dear Editor,Alzheimer’s disease(AD)is the most common cause of dementia among the older population,and is characterized by amyloid-beta(Aβ)accumulation,hyperphosphorylation of tau,and finally neurodegeneration in the brain[1].Aβ is the major pathological agent in AD,thus currently most efforts in developing therapies for AD target this peptide.The most promising therapy for this disease is immunotherapy.