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ReviewMolecular neurodegeneration2025

Immune modulation to treat Alzheimer's disease.

Michael R Duggan, David G Morgan, Brittani R Price, Binita Rajbanshi, Alfonso Martin-Peña, Malú Gámez Tansey, Keenan A Walker

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Review in Molecular neurodegeneration, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. T Cell Thoughts.Immunological reviews · 2026
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  4. Anatomy of a Setback: A Taxonomy of Clinical Trial Failures in Alzheimer's Disease and Strategic Lessons for the Future.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  5. Beyond the Cochrane review: Re-evaluating anti-amyloid therapy in Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  7. Inflammation profiles in Alzheimer's disease relate to cognition and neurodegeneration.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  15. Immune dysfunction in Alzheimer disease.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026
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  16. Engineering Immune Cell to Counteract Aging and Aging-Associated Diseases.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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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

7 authors.

Michael R DugganLaboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
David G MorganDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA.
Brittani R PriceGE Health Care, Marlborough, MA, 01752, USA.
Binita RajbanshiDepartment of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Alfonso Martin-PeñaDepartment of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
Malú Gámez TanseyDepartment of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
Keenan A WalkerLaboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA. Keenan.walker@nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-5989-9853

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG066507 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Karen J. Bandeen-Roche · 2020 to 2026
$29.3M
NIA NIH HHS Intramural Research ProgramNIA NIH HHS P30 AG066507
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune mechanisms play a fundamental role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis, suggesting that approaches which target immune cells and immunologically relevant molecules can offer therapeutic opportunities beyond the recently approved amyloid beta monoclonal therapies. In this review, we provide an overview of immunomodulatory therapeutics in development, including their preclinical evidence and clinical trial results. Along with detailing immune processes involved in AD pathogenesis and highlighting how these mechanisms can be therapeutically targeted to modify disease progression, we summarize knowledge gained from previous trials of immune-based interventions, and provide a series of recommendations for the development of future immunomodulatory therapeutics to treat AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseImmunomodulationImmunotherapyAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansAmyloid beta-Peptides

Identifiers

PMID40165251
PMCPMC11956194

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