ReviewDrugs & aging2013
Do angiotensin receptor blockers protect against Alzheimer's disease?
Review in Drugs & aging, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Bidirectional Crosstalk between the Heart and Brain in Alzheimer's Disease.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Systemic Candesartan Treatment Modulates Behavior, Synaptic Protein Levels, and Neuroinflammation in Female Mice That Express HumanFrontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Angiotensin II, hypertension and angiotensin II receptor antagonism: Roles in the behavioural and brain pathology of a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2017Article
- Are microRNAs the Molecular Link Between Metabolic Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease?Molecular neurobiology · 2016Review
- Evidence to Consider Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers for the Treatment of Early Alzheimer's Disease.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2016Review
- Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers increase tolerance of cells to copper and cisplatin.Microbial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2014Article
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Abstract
Because growing evidence suggests that angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) effectively inhibit oxidative stress, amyloid beta protein (Aβ) metabolism, and tau phosphorylation in animal brains, ARBs are considered to be a potential candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Consistent with such basic studies, two recent observational studies and a small prospective, randomized, open-label trial have shown the effectiveness of ARBs in preventing AD and/or slowing its progression. Nonetheless, large clinical trials have not shown their effectiveness, but their results are debatable because of short follow-up durations and heterogeneity of the cognition assessments used in the studies. Because a recent analysis of the Honolulu-Asia Aging study showed that abnormalities of the serum Aβ level begin approximately 15 years before the diagnosis of AD, long-term clinical trials assessing dementia as a primary endpoint with sensitive measurements of cognition and brain imaging techniques will clarify the effectiveness of ARBs in AD treatment.
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