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ReviewJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2018

Alzheimer's Disease, Oligomers, and Inflammation.

Gianluigi Forloni, Claudia Balducci

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Review in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
106citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
11.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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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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

106 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gianluigi ForloniDepartment of Neuroscience, IRCCS, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milano, Italy.
Claudia BalducciDepartment of Neuroscience, IRCCS, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milano, Italy.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The production of soluble amyloid-β oligomers (AβOs) and the activation of inflammation are two important early steps in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The central role of oligomers as responsible for the neuronal dysfunction associated with the clinical features has been extended to the other protein misfolding disorders definable, on this basis, as oligomeropathies. In AD, recent evidence indicates that the mechanism of inflammation as a consequence of neurodegeneration must be assessed in favor of a more direct role of glial activation in the alteration of synaptic function. Our own experimental models demonstrate the efficacy of anti-inflammatory treatments in preventing the cognitive deficits induced acutely by AβOs applied directly in the brain. Moreover, some promising clinical tools are based on immunological activation reducing the presence of cerebral Aβ deposits. However, the strategies based on the control of inflammatory factors as well as the amyloid aggregation show poor or non-therapeutic efficacy. Numerous studies have examined inflammatory factors in biological fluids as possible markers of the neuroinflammation in AD. In some cases, altered levels of cytokines or other inflammatory markers in cerebrospinal fluid correlate with the severity of the disease. Here we propose, according to the precision medicine principles, innovative therapeutic approaches to AD based on the patient's inflammatory profile/state. The earlier intervention and a multifactor approach are two other elements considered essential to improve the chances of effective therapy in AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansInflammationAmyloid beta-PeptidesAlzheimer’s disease therapyamyloidanti-inflammatory drugsglial cellsimmune systemoligomeropathyprecision medicinetoll-like receptors

Identifiers

PMID29562537
PMCPMC5869993
OpenAlexW2790963596

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