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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2022

Is amyloid involved in acute neuroinflammation? A CSF analysis in encephalitis.

Alessandro Padovani, Antonio Canale, Lorenzo Schiavon, Stefano Masciocchi, Alberto Imarisio, Barbara Risi, Giulio Bonzi, Valeria De Giuli, Monica Di Luca, Nicholas J Ashton and 3 more

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Alessandro PadovaniNeurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Antonio CanaleDepartment of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Lorenzo SchiavonDepartment of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Stefano MasciocchiNeurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Alberto ImarisioNeurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Barbara RisiNeurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Giulio BonziNeurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Valeria De GiuliNeurology Unit, Istituti Ospedalieri, ASST Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
Monica Di LucaDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Nicholas J AshtonDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience & Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
Kaj BlennowDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience & Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
Henrik ZetterbergDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience & Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
Andrea PilottoNeurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
University of Brescia · ITUniversity of Padua · ITCentre for Mental Health · GBInstitute for Neurodegenerative Disorders · USIstituti Ospitalieri di Cremona · ITUniversity of Gothenburg · SEUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSeveral investigations have argued for a strong relationship between neuroinflammation and amyloid metabolism but it is still unclear whether inflammation exerts a pro-amyloidogenic effect, amplifies the neurotoxic effect of amyloid, or is protective.

methodsForty-two patients with acute encephalitis (ENC) and 18 controls underwent an extended cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) panel of inflammatory, amyloid (Aβ40, 42, and 38, sAPP-α, sAPP-β), glial, and neuronal biomarkers. Linear and non-linear correlations between CSF biomarkers were evaluated studying conditional independence relationships.

resultsCSF levels of inflammatory cytokines and neuronal/glial markers were higher in ENC compared to controls, whereas the levels of amyloid-related markers did not differ. Inflammatory markers were not associated with amyloid markers but exhibited a correlation with glial and neuronal markers in conditional independence analysis. DISCUSSION: By an extensive CSF biomarkers analysis, this study showed that an acute neuroinflammation state, which is associated with glial activation and neuronal damage, does not influence amyloid homeostasis.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloidosisEncephalitisAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloidogenic ProteinsBiomarkersHumansNeuroinflammatory DiseasesPeptide Fragmentstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloidogenic ProteinsBiomarkersPeptide Fragmentstau Proteinsacute inflammationamyloidglial cellsneuroinflammationtau

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