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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

The Impact of Systemic Inflammation on Alzheimer's Disease Pathology.

Junhua Xie, Lien Van Hoecke, Roosmarijn E Vandenbroucke

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 208 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
208citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
33.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

208 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 307 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Beyond the beats: a systematic review of the underlying inflammatory pathways between atrial fibrillation and cognitive decline.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  6. Effect of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Long Sleep Duration on All Cause Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Junhua XieVIB Center for Inflammation Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Lien Van HoeckeVIB Center for Inflammation Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
Roosmarijn E VandenbrouckeVIB Center for Inflammation Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating age-related neurodegenerative disorder with an alarming increasing prevalence. Except for the recently FDA-approved Aducanumab of which the therapeutic effect is not yet conclusively proven, only symptomatic medication that is effective for some AD patients is available. In order to be able to design more rational and effective treatments, our understanding of the mechanisms behind the pathogenesis and progression of AD urgently needs to be improved. Over the last years, it became increasingly clear that peripheral inflammation is one of the detrimental factors that can contribute to the disease. Here, we discuss the current understanding of how systemic and intestinal (referred to as the gut-brain axis) inflammatory processes may affect brain pathology, with a specific focus on AD. Moreover, we give a comprehensive overview of the different preclinical as well as clinical studies that link peripheral Inflammation to AD initiation and progression. Altogether, this review broadens our understanding of the mechanisms behind AD pathology and may help in the rational design of further research aiming to identify novel therapeutic targets.

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Disease SusceptibilityAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBiological TransportBiomarkersBlood-Brain BarrierBrainBrain-Gut AxisDisease Models, AnimalEnvironmentHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInflammationSignal TransductionBiomarkersAlzheimer’s diseasegut-brain axisneuroinflammationperipheral inflammationsystemic inflammation

Identifiers

PMID35069578
PMCPMC8770958
OpenAlexW4205125680

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