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ReviewIbrain2024

Amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease: Structure, toxicity, distribution, treatment, and prospects.

Yifan Yu, Shilong Yu, Giuseppe Battaglia, Xiaohe Tian

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Review in Ibrain, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Choroid plexus remodeling linked to impaired CSF-mediated clearance and Alzheimer's disease progression.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yifan YuInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona (Spain), Carrer Baldiri I Reixac Barcelona Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7455-6525
Shilong YuInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona (Spain), Carrer Baldiri I Reixac Barcelona Spain.
Giuseppe BattagliaInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona (Spain), Carrer Baldiri I Reixac Barcelona Spain.
Xiaohe TianInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona (Spain), Carrer Baldiri I Reixac Barcelona Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2294-3945

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyloid-β (Aβ) is a pivotal biomarker in Alzheimer's disease (AD), attracting considerable attention from numerous researchers. There is uncertainty regarding whether clearing Aβ is beneficial or harmful to cognitive function. This question has been a central topic of research, especially given the lack of success in developing Aβ-targeted drugs for AD. However, with the Food and Drug Administration's approval of Lecanemab as the first anti-Aβ medication in July 2023, there is a significant shift in perspective on the potential of Aβ as a therapeutic target for AD. In light of this advancement, this review aims to illustrate and consolidate the molecular structural attributes and pathological ramifications of Aβ. Furthermore, it elucidates the determinants influencing its expression levels while delineating the gamut of extant Aβ-targeted pharmacotherapies that have been subjected to clinical or preclinical evaluation. Subsequently, a comprehensive analysis is presented, dissecting the research landscape of Aβ across the domains above, culminating in the presentation of informed perspectives. Concluding reflections contemplate the supplementary advantages conferred by nanoparticle constructs, conceptualized within the framework of multivalent theory, within the milieu of AD diagnosis and therapeutic intervention, supplementing conventional modalities.

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Alzheimer's diseaseanti‐Aβ drugsAβmultivalencynanodrugs

Identifiers

PMID39346788
PMCPMC11427815

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