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ReviewBioMed research international2014

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a laboratory to study dementia in the elderly.

Beatrice Arosio, Claudio D'Addario, Cristina Gussago, Martina Casati, Enzo Tedone, Evelyn Ferri, Paola Nicolini, Paolo D Rossi, Mauro Maccarrone, Daniela Mari

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Review in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 38 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Beatrice ArosioGeriatric Unit, Fondazione Ca' Granda, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy ; Geriatric Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Claudio D'AddarioFaculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment University of Teramo, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy ; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet CMM L8:01, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
Cristina GussagoGeriatric Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Martina CasatiGeriatric Unit, Fondazione Ca' Granda, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Enzo TedoneGeriatric Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Evelyn FerriGeriatric Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Paola NicoliniGeriatric Unit, Fondazione Ca' Granda, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Paolo D RossiGeriatric Unit, Fondazione Ca' Granda, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Mauro MaccarroneEuropean Center for Brain Research, Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS, Via del Fosso di Fiorano 64, 00143 Rome, Italy ; Center of Integrated Research, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Daniela MariGeriatric Unit, Fondazione Ca' Granda, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy ; Geriatric Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The steady and dramatic increase in the incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the lack of effective treatments have stimulated the search for strategies to prevent or delay its onset and/or progression. Since the diagnosis of dementia requires a number of established features that are present when the disease is fully developed, but not always in the early stages, the need for a biological marker has proven to be urgent, in terms of both diagnosis and monitoring of AD. AD has been shown to affect peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) that are a critical component of the immune system which provide defence against infection. Although studies are continuously supplying additional data that emphasize the central role of inflammation in AD, PBMCs have not been sufficiently investigated in this context. Delineating biochemical alterations in AD blood constituents may prove valuable in identifying accessible footprints that reflect degenerative processes within the Central Nervous System (CNS). In this review, we address the role of biomarkers in AD with a focus on the notion that PBMCs may serve as a peripheral laboratory to find molecular signatures that could aid in differential diagnosis with other forms of dementia and in monitoring of disease progression.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersCentral Nervous SystemDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease ProgressionHumansInflammationLeukocytes, MononuclearMonitoring, PhysiologicBiomarkers

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PMID24877062
PMCPMC4022117

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