Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25789753›Full record

ReviewNeuron2015

Immunotherapeutic approaches for Alzheimer's disease.

Thomas Wisniewski, Fernando Goñi

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuron, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 134 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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134citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

134 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Amyloid-Directed Antibodies: Past, Present, and Future.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024
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  15. An update on the novel and approved drugs for Alzheimer disease.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2022
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74 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.

Thomas WisniewskiDepartment of Neurology, Center for Cognitive Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, Alexandria ERSP, 450 East 29(th) Street, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, Alexandria ERSP, 450 East 29(th) Street, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, Alexandria ERSP, 450 East 29(th) Street, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: thomas.wisniewski@nyumc.org.
Fernando GoñiDepartment of Neurology, Center for Cognitive Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, Alexandria ERSP, 450 East 29(th) Street, New York, NY 10016, USA.

Funding

PSYCHOSOCIAL COREP30AG008051 · NIA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SHAO, YONGZHAO · 1990 to 2019
$36.1M
Detection and Clearance of AD LesionsR01AG020245 · NIA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WISNIEWSKI, THOMAS M · 2002 to 2016
$4.7M
Therapeutic Targeting of Abnormal Conformation in Neurodegenerative DiseaseR01NS073502 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WISNIEWSKI, THOMAS M · 2010 to 2019
$3.7M
NIA NIH HHS AG08051NIA NIH HHS AG20245NIA NIH HHS P30 AG008051NIA NIH HHS R01 AG020245NINDS NIH HHS NS073502NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073502
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia worldwide and is an emerging global epidemic. It is characterized by an imbalance between production and clearance of amyloid β (Aβ) and tau proteins. Oligomeric forms of Aβ and tau are believed to be the most toxic. Dramatic results from AD animal models showed great promise for active and passive immune therapies targeting Aβ. However, there is very limited evidence in human studies of the clinical benefits from these approaches. Immunotherapies targeting only tau pathology have had some success but are limited so far to mouse models. The majority of current methods is based on immunological targeting of a self-protein; hence, benefits need to be balanced against risks of stimulating excessive autoimmune toxic inflammation. For greater efficacy the next generation of vaccines needs to focus more on concurrently targeting all the intermediate toxic conformers of oligomeric Aβ and tau species.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAntibodiesDisease Models, AnimalHumanstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAntibodiestau Proteins

Identifiers

PMID25789753
PMCPMC4366618

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