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ReviewMolecular neurodegeneration2016

Immunotherapy targeting pyroglutamate-3 Aβ: prospects and challenges.

Holger Cynis, Jeffrey L Frost, Helen Crehan, Cynthia A Lemere

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Review in Molecular neurodegeneration, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 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

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Focused ultrasound with anti-pGlu3 Aβ enhances efficacy in Alzheimer's disease-like mice via recruitment of peripheral immune cells.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2021
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  16. Rationale for the development of an Alzheimer's disease vaccine.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2020
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  18. β-Sitosterol treatment attenuates cognitive deficits and prevents amyloid plaque deposition in amyloid protein precursor/presenilin 1 mice.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2020
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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

4 authors.

Holger CynisAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, NRB636, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Jeffrey L FrostAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, NRB636, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Helen CrehanAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, NRB636, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Cynthia A LemereAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, NRB636, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. clemere@partners.org.ORCID 0000-0002-2983-7870

Funding

Understanding and Mitigating Vascular Side-Effects Associated with Anti-Amyloid ImmunotherapyR01NS136122 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CYNTHIA A LEMERE · 2024 to 2026
$2.5M
Pyroglutamate Amyloid-beta as an Immunotherapeutic Target for Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG040092 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEMERE, CYNTHIA A · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG040092NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS136122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunization against amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides deposited in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has shown considerable therapeutic effect in animal models however, the translation into human Alzheimer's patients is challenging. In recent years, a number of promising Aβ immunotherapy trials failed to reach primary study endpoints. Aside from uncertainties in the selection of patients and the start and duration of treatment, these results also suggest that the mechanisms underlying AD are still not fully understood. Thorough characterizations of protein aggregates in AD brain have revealed a conspicuous heterogeneity of Aβ peptides enabling the study of the toxic potential of each of the major forms. One such form, amino-terminally truncated and modified pyroglutamate (pGlu)-3 Aβ peptide appears to play a seminal role for disease initiation, qualifying it as novel target for immunotherapy approaches.

Indexed as

Alzheimer VaccinesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorPyrrolidonecarboxylic AcidAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsHumansAlzheimer VaccinesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAPP protein, humanPyrrolidonecarboxylic AcidAmyloid-βGlutaminyl cyclasesImmunotherapyPyroglutamate-3 AβVaccine

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PMID27363697
PMCPMC4929720

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