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ReviewAgeing research reviews2021

Therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Missing targets and functional markers?

Milan Stoiljkovic, Tamas L Horvath, Mihály Hajós

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Review in Ageing research reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Plasma biomarkers as core mediators in functional network abnormalities: Evidence from a two-cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  16. Fosgonimeton, a Novel Positive Modulator of the HGF/MET System, Promotes Neurotrophic and Procognitive Effects in Models of Dementia.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2023
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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

3 authors.

Milan StoiljkovicDepartment of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Nis School of Medicine, Nis, Serbia. Electronic address: milan.stoiljkovic@yale.edu.
Tamas L HorvathDepartment of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
Mihály HajósDepartment of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA; Cognito Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.

Funding

The role of AgRP/Auga-ALK pathway in FGF21's brain action on agingP01AG051459 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VISHWA DEEP DIXIT · 2016 to 2026
$25.7M
Hypothalamus-driven anti-aging processes impact murine models of Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG067329 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HORVATH, TAMAS L · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
PET imaging of AD-related markers in non-human primatesR01AG052986 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HORVATH, TAMAS L, LAWRENCE, MATTHEW SWAN · 2017 to 2020
$2.9M
AgRP neurons promote the effects of calorie restriction on lifespanR01AG052005 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HORVATH, TAMAS L · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
In vivo and in vitro systems to validate geronic proteins and their mechanisms of actionR56AG052986 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HORVATH, TAMAS L, LAWRENCE, MATTHEW SWAN · 2016 to 2016
$494k
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG051459NIA NIH HHS R01 AG052005NIA NIH HHS R01 AG052986NIA NIH HHS R01 AG067329NIA NIH HHS R56 AG052986
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of the next generation therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD) presents a huge challenge given the number of promising treatment candidates that failed in trials, despite recent advancements in understanding of genetic, pathophysiologic and clinical characteristics of the disease. This review reflects some of the most current concepts and controversies in developing disease-modifying and new symptomatic treatments. It elaborates on recent changes in the AD research strategy for broadening drug targets, and potentials of emerging non-pharmacological treatment interventions. Established and novel biomarkers are discussed, including emerging cerebrospinal fluid and plasma biomarkers reflecting tau pathology, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. These fluid biomarkers together with neuroimaging findings can provide innovative objective assessments of subtle changes in brain reflecting disease progression. A particular emphasis is given to neurophysiological biomarkers which are well-suited for evaluating the brain overall neural network integrity and function. Combination of multiple biomarkers, including target engagement and outcome biomarkers will empower translational studies and facilitate successful development of effective therapies.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersBrainDrug Delivery SystemsHumansNeuroimagingBiomarkersAlzheimer’s diseaseClinical trialsDrug developmentNon-pharmacological treatmentNovel biomarkers

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PMID33711510
PMCPMC8131215

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