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ReviewThe journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease

Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives.

M B Usman, S Bhardwaj, S Roychoudhury, D Kumar, A Alexiou, P Kumar, R K Ambasta, P Prasher, S Shukla, V Upadhye and 12 more

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Review in The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 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

22 authors at 14 institutions in 6 countries.

M B UsmanDr. Niraj Kumar Jha, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Sharda University, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh-201310, India, Email: nirajkumarjha2011@gmail.com; niraj.jha@sharda.ac.in, Tel: +91-7488019194, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-4069; Dr. Shreesh Ojha, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, PO Box - 17666, Al Ain, UAE, E-mail: shreeshojha@uaeu.ac.ae, Tel: +971-3-7137524, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7801-2966.
S Bhardwaj
S Roychoudhury
D Kumar
A Alexiou
P Kumar
R K Ambasta
P Prasher
S Shukla
V Upadhye
F A Khan
R Awasthi
M D Shastri
S K Singh
G Gupta
D K Chellappan
K Dua
S K Jha
J Ruokolainen
K K Kesari
S Ojha
N K Jha
Sharda University · INAalto University · FIAmity University · INDelhi Technological University · INUniversity of Technology Sydney · AUAssam University · INGyan Vihar University · INImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAIMU University · MYLovely Professional University · INParul University · INUnited Arab Emirates University · AEUniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies · INUniversity of Tasmania · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a global health concern owing to its complexity, which often poses a great challenge to the development of therapeutic approaches. No single theory has yet accounted for the various risk factors leading to the pathological and clinical manifestations of dementia-type AD. Therefore, treatment options targeting various molecules involved in the pathogenesis of the disease have been unsuccessful. However, the exploration of various immunotherapeutic avenues revitalizes hope after decades of disappointment. The hallmark of a good immunotherapeutic candidate is not only to remove amyloid plaques but also to slow cognitive decline. In line with this, both active and passive immunotherapy have shown success and limitations. Recent approval of aducanumab for the treatment of AD demonstrates how close passive immunotherapy is to being successful. However, several major bottlenecks still need to be resolved. This review outlines recent successes and challenges in the pursuit of an AD vaccine.

Indexed as

Alzheimer VaccinesImmunotherapyAlzheimer DiseaseAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCognitive DysfunctionHumansPlaque, AmyloidaducanumabAlzheimer VaccinesAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedactive immunotherapyAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid plaquemonoclonal antibodypassive immunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID34585229
PMCPMC12280796
OpenAlexW3200877088

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