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ArticleBrain communications2020

Restoring regulatory T-cell dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease through

Alireza Faridar, Aaron D Thome, Weihua Zhao, Jason R Thonhoff, David R Beers, Belen Pascual, Joseph C Masdeu, Stanley H Appel

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Article in Brain communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06489548 (Assessment of Foralumab Safety and Modulation of Microglial Activation Evaluated by PET Imaging in Patients With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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.

NCT06489548 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Assessment of Foralumab Safety and Modulation of Microglial Activation Evaluated by PET Imaging in Patients With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorBrigham and Women's HospitalRan2025 to 2026Enrolled16ConditionsDementia, Alzheimers Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's DiseaseArmsForalumab TZLS-401 50 µg, Foralumab TZLS-401 100 µg
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alireza FaridarStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Aaron D ThomeStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Weihua ZhaoStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jason R ThonhoffStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
David R BeersStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Belen PascualStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Joseph C MasdeuStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Stanley H AppelStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Houston Methodist · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation is a significant component of Alzheimer's disease pathology. While neuroprotective microglia are important for containment/clearance of Amyloid plaques and maintaining neuronal survival, Alzheimer inflammatory microglia may play a detrimental role by eliciting tau pathogenesis and accelerating neurotoxicity. Regulatory T cells have been shown to suppress microglia-mediated inflammation. However, the role of regulatory T cells in ameliorating the proinflammatory immune response in Alzheimer's disease requires further investigation. Forty-six patients with Alzheimer disease, 42 with mild cognitive impairment and 41 healthy controls were studied. The phenotypes of peripheral regulatory T cells were assessed with multicolour flow cytometry. Regulatory T cells were co-cultured with responder T cells and proliferation was determined by

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Alzheimer’s diseasedementiaimmune systeminflammationregulatory T cells

Identifiers

PMID32954348
PMCPMC7472911
OpenAlexW3045308842

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