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ReviewTranslational neurodegeneration2023

Clinical evidence of human pathogens implicated in Alzheimer's disease pathology and the therapeutic efficacy of antimicrobials: an overview.

Celso S G Catumbela, Vijayasree V Giridharan, Tatiana Barichello, Rodrigo Morales

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Review in Translational neurodegeneration, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Exploring the role of infectious pathogens in Alzheimer's disease neuroinflammation.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Celso S G CatumbelaDepartment of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Vijayasree V GiridharanTranslational Psychiatry Program, Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77054, USA.
Tatiana BarichelloTranslational Psychiatry Program, Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77054, USA.
Rodrigo MoralesDepartment of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Rodrigo.MoralesLoyola@uth.tmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7766-5770

Funding

Infection-driven mechanisms associated with Alzheimer's disease pathologyRF1AG072491 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI BARICHELLO, TATIANA, MORALES, RODRIGO · 2021 to 2021
$2.0M
Infection-driven mechanisms associated with Alzheimer's disease pathologyR01AG072491 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI BARICHELLO, TATIANA, MORALES, RODRIGO · 2024 to 2025
$1.2M
Role of circulating Abeta seeds and peripheral tissue damage in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesisR01AG059321 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MORALES, RODRIGO, SOTO, CLAUDIO · 2024 to 2024
$718k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG059321NIA NIH HHS R01 AG072491NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG072491
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A wealth of pre-clinical reports and data derived from human subjects and brain autopsies suggest that microbial infections are relevant to Alzheimer's disease (AD). This has inspired the hypothesis that microbial infections increase the risk or even trigger the onset of AD. Multiple models have been developed to explain the increase in pathogenic microbes in AD patients. Although this hypothesis is well accepted in the field, it is not yet clear whether microbial neuroinvasion is a cause of AD or a consequence of the pathological changes experienced by the demented brain. Along the same line, the gut microbiome has also been proposed as a modulator of AD. In this review, we focus on human-based evidence demonstrating the elevated abundance of microbes and microbe-derived molecules in AD hosts as well as their interactions with AD hallmarks. Further, the direct-purpose and potential off-target effects underpinning the efficacy of anti-microbial treatments in AD are also addressed.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseBrainHumansAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid-βInfectionsPathogens

Identifiers

PMID37496074
PMCPMC10369764

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