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ReviewCurrent medical science2020

Advances in Drug Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease.

Chuan-Cong Zhu, Si-Yu Fu, Yu-Xin Chen, Ling Li, Ruo-Lin Mao, Jian-Zhi Wang, Rong Liu, Yi Liu, Xiao-Chuan Wang

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Review in Current medical science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Chuan-Cong ZhuDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Si-Yu FuDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Yu-Xin ChenDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Ling LiDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Ruo-Lin MaoDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Jian-Zhi WangDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Rong LiuDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Yi LiuDepartment of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China. 1353481022@qq.com.
Xiao-Chuan WangDepartment of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. wxch@mails.tjmu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that mainly causes dementia. It is a serious threat to the health of the global elderly population. Considerable money and effort has been invested in the development of drug therapy for AD worldwide. Many drug therapies are currently under development or in clinical trials, based on two known mechanisms of AD, namely, Aβ toxicity and the abnormal Tau hyperphosphorylation. Numerous drugs are also being developed for other AD associated mechanisms such as neuroinflammation, neurotransmitter imbalance, oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction, neuron loss and degeneration. Even so, the number of drugs that can successfully improve symptoms or delay the progression of the disease remains very limited. However, multi-drug combinations may provide a new avenue for drug therapy for AD. In addition, early diagnosis of AD and timely initiation of treatment may allow drugs that act on the early pathological processes of AD to help improve the symptoms and prevent the progression of the condition.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorClinical Trials as TopicDisease ProgressionHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyPhosphorylationSignal Transductiontau ProteinsAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAPP protein, humanMAPT protein, humantau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseAβdrug therapytau

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