Stress Responses in Down Syndrome Neurodegeneration: State of the Art and Therapeutic Molecules

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Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genomic disorder characterized by the increased incidence of developing early Alzheimer's disease (AD). In DS, the triplication of genes on chromosome 21 is intimately associated with the increase of AD pathological hallmarks and with the development of brain redox imbalance and aberrant proteostasis. Increasing evidence has recently shown that oxidative stress (OS),...

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