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ReviewClinical pharmacology and therapeutics2014

Longitudinal inflammation, cognitive decline, and Alzheimer's disease: a mini-review.

B M Bettcher, J H Kramer

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Review in Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026
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  4. [Mechanisms of cGAS-STING-mediated chronic inflammation and targeted interventions in brain aging].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2026
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  9. Plasma Inflammatory Biomarkers Link to Worse Cognition Among Africans With HIV.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025
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  12. DNA Methylation at C-Reactive Protein-Associated CpG Sites May Mediate the Pathway Between Educational Attainment and Cognition.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024
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  14. Longitudinal change in memory performance as a strong endophenotype for Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  18. Neuroprotective Effect of α-Lipoic Acid against AβMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

B M BettcherNeurology Department, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
J H KramerNeurology Department, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

Funding

Mechanisms of Executive Decline in Normal AgingR01AG032289 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Kaitlin B Casaletto, JOEL H KRAMER · 2009 to 2026
$8.3M
Cognitive and Neural Correlates of Inflammation in Healthy Older AdultsK23AG042492 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI BETTCHER, BRIANNE MAGOUIRK · 2012 to 2016
$716k
NIA NIH HHS K23 AG042492NIA NIH HHS R01 AG032289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of inflammation in cognitive decline has generated considerable interest, although few longitudinal evaluations have been conducted. A review of the literature yields mixed findings but suggests that inflammatory dysregulation is evident and may be related to clinical outcomes. The directionality, magnitude, and progression of these associations remain unclear. Future studies employing multiple time points of inflammatory data along with Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers are critical for explication of longitudinal inflammation in cognitive decline.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseCognition DisordersCognitive DysfunctionHumansInflammationRisk FactorsTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID25009982
PMCPMC4224964

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