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ReviewBrain sciences2021

COVID-19 and Alzheimer's Disease.

Marcello Ciaccio, Bruna Lo Sasso, Concetta Scazzone, Caterina Maria Gambino, Anna Maria Ciaccio, Giulia Bivona, Tommaso Piccoli, Rosaria Vincenza Giglio, Luisa Agnello

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Review in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61citing papers in PubMed
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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

61 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Observational
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  3. Neurological, psychological, psychosocial complications of long-COVID and their management.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  4. Anti-inflammatory effects ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  7. Review
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  10. Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024
    Review
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  14. Cognitive Aspects of COVID-19.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2023
    Review
  15. Article
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  19. Observational
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1 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

9 authors.

Marcello CiaccioClinical Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Bruna Lo SassoClinical Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Concetta ScazzoneClinical Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Caterina Maria GambinoClinical Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Anna Maria CiaccioUnit of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Giulia BivonaClinical Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1723-3305
Tommaso PiccoliUnit of Neurology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3410-2067
Rosaria Vincenza GiglioClinical Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Luisa AgnelloClinical Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a neurotropic virus with a high neuroinvasive potential. Indeed, more than one-third of patients develop neurological symptoms, including confusion, headache, and hypogeusia/ageusia. However, long-term neurological consequences have received little interest compared to respiratory, cardiovascular, and renal manifestations. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the potential SARS-CoV-2 neurological injury that could lead to the development of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's Disease (AD). A mutualistic relationship between AD and COVID-19 seems to exist. On the one hand, COVID-19 patients seem to be more prone to developing AD. On the other hand, AD patients could be more susceptible to severe COVID-19. In this review, we sought to provide an overview on the relationship between AD and COVID-19, focusing on the potential role of biomarkers, which could represent precious tool for early identification of COVID-19 patients at high risk of developing AD.

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ADbiomarkersnervous systemneurodegenerative niseaseneuroinflammationSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33673697
PMCPMC7997244

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