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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2023

Effect of Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanistic Interpretation in the Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis 2.0 Perspective.

Vladimir Volloch, Sophia Rits-Volloch

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vladimir VollochDepartment of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Sophia Rits-VollochDivision of Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

STRUCTURE OF TYPE I AND TYPE II PROCOLLAGENSR01AR036819 · NIAMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI OLSEN, BJORN REINO · 1986 to 2016
$8.7M
GLOBIN MRNA HYPERPRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO ANEMIAR21GM056179 · NIGMS · BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VOLLOCH, VLADIMIR Z · 1997 to 1997
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NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR036819NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM056179
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In clinical trials, lecanemab and donanemab showed statistically significant yet marginal slowdown of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated cognitive decline. This could be due to their sub-optimal design and/or deployment; alternatively, their limited efficiency could be intrinsic. Distinguishing between the two is of great importance considering the acute need of efficient AD therapy and tremendous resources being invested in its pursuit. The present study analyzes the mode of operation of lecanemab and donanemab within the framework of recently proposed Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis 2.0 and concludes that the second possibility is correct. It suggests that substantial improvement of the efficiency of these drugs in symptomatic AD is unlikely and proposes the alternative therapeutic strategy.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloidogenic ProteinsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHumansAmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloidogenic ProteinsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedlecanemabAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid Cascade Hypothesis 2.0AβPP-independent iAβ generation in ADdonanemabintraneuronal Aβlecanemab

Identifiers

PMID37212119
PMCPMC10357217
OpenAlexW4377116102

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