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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2022

Interleukin-17A in Alzheimer's Disease: Recent Advances and Controversies.

Xin-Zhu Yan, Laijun Lai, Qiang Ao, Xiao-Hong Tian, Yan-Hui Zhang

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Inflammation profiles in Alzheimer's disease relate to cognition and neurodegeneration.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  3. Blood-based proteomic signature of amyloidosis: identification of novel regulators of amyloid load.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  6. IL-17 A Exacerbated Neuroinflammatory and Neurodegenerative Biomarkers in Intranasal Amyloid-Beta Model of Alzheimer's Disease.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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  11. Roles of Cytokines in Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  12. A blunted TBrain communications · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xin-Zhu YanDepartment of Tissue Engineering, School of Intelligent Medicine, China Medical University, 77 Puhe Avenue, Shenbei New District, Shenyang 110122, China.
Laijun LaiDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Qiang AoInstitute of Regulatory Science for Medical Device, National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
Xiao-Hong TianDepartment of Tissue Engineering, School of Intelligent Medicine, China Medical University, 77 Puhe Avenue, Shenbei New District, Shenyang 110122, China.
Yan-Hui ZhangDepartment of Tissue Engineering, School of Intelligent Medicine, China Medical University, 77 Puhe Avenue, Shenbei New District, Shenyang 110122, China.
China Medical University · CNSichuan University · CNUniversity of Connecticut · US

Funding

China Medical University Foundation QGZ2018091China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2019M661158Liaoning Education Department Foundation QN2019036National Natural Science Foundation of China 31900836, 31600793Program for Excellent Young Talents of China Medical University 3110210629
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that mainly affects older adults. Although the global burden of AD is increasing year by year, the causes of AD remain largely unknown. Numerous basic and clinical studies have shown that interleukin-17A (IL-17A) may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of AD. A comprehensive assessment of the role of IL-17A in AD would benefit the diagnosis, understanding of etiology and treatment. However, over the past decade, controversies remain regarding the expression level and role of IL-17A in AD. We have incorporated newly published researches and point out that IL-17A expression levels may vary along with the development of AD, exercising different roles at different stages of AD, although much more work remains to be done to support the potential role of IL-17A in AD-related pathology. Here, it is our intention to review the underlying mechanisms of IL-17A in AD and address the current controversies in an effort to clarify the results of existing research and suggest future studies.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseInterleukin-17AgedHumansInterleukin-17Alzheimer’s diseaseAβ accumulationbiomarkerInterleukin-17Aneuronalsynaptic plasticityTau hyperphosphorylation

Identifiers

PMID34429057
PMCPMC9413786
OpenAlexW3195083259

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