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ReviewVaccines2022

Immunotherapies for Alzheimer's Disease-A Review.

Zachary Valiukas, Ramya Ephraim, Kathy Tangalakis, Majid Davidson, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Jack Feehan

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Review in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. New Approaches to the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  14. Microglial activation states and their implications for Alzheimer's Disease.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025
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  15. Immunotherapies: A Treasure Trove of Alzheimer's Disease.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zachary ValiukasCollege of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3011, Australia.
Ramya EphraimInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3021, Australia.
Kathy TangalakisFirst Year College, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3011, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5735-326X
Majid DavidsonInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3021, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3241-6444
Vasso ApostolopoulosInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3021, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6788-2771
Jack FeehanInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3021, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9627-1299
Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science · AUVictoria University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that falls under the umbrella of dementia and is characterised by the presence of highly neurotoxic amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) of tau protein within the brain. Historically, treatments for AD have consisted of medications that can slow the progression of symptoms but not halt or reverse them. The shortcomings of conventional drugs have led to a growing need for novel, effective approaches to the treatment of AD. In recent years, immunotherapies have been at the forefront of these efforts. Briefly, immunotherapies utilise the immune system of the patient to treat a condition, with common immunotherapies for AD consisting of the use of monoclonal antibodies or vaccines. Most of these treatments target the production and deposition of Aβ due to its neurotoxicity, but treatments specifically targeting tau protein are being researched as well. These treatments have had great variance in their efficacy and safety, leading to a constant need for the research and development of new safe and effective treatments.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-betadementiaimmunotherapiesvaccines

Identifiers

PMID36146605
PMCPMC9503401
OpenAlexW4296108256

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Registered trials

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