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Inflammasome-Mediated Neuroinflammation: A Key Driver in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis.

Julie McGroarty, Shelbi Salinas, Hayden Evans, Bryan Jimenez, Vincent Tran, Samuel Kadavakollu, Arti Vashist, Venkata Atluri

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Julie McGroartyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2162 S 180 E, Provo, UT 84606, USA.
Shelbi SalinasDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2162 S 180 E, Provo, UT 84606, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7688-6934
Hayden EvansDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2162 S 180 E, Provo, UT 84606, USA.
Bryan JimenezDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2162 S 180 E, Provo, UT 84606, USA.
Vincent TranDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2162 S 180 E, Provo, UT 84606, USA.
Samuel KadavakolluThe Office of Academic Affairs, Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine, 11120 Health Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21742, USA.
Arti VashistDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7519-1863
Venkata AtluriDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine, 11120 Health Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21742, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder predominantly affecting the elderly, characterized by memory loss, cognitive decline, and functional impairment. While hallmark pathological features include extracellular amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles composed of hyperphosphorylated tau protein, increasing evidence points to chronic neuroinflammation as a key driver of disease progression. Among inflammatory mechanisms, the activation of the NLRP3 (nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich repeat, and pyrin domain-containing protein 3) inflammasome in microglia plays a pivotal role by amplifying neuroinflammatory cascades, exacerbating synaptic dysfunction, and accelerating neuronal loss. This review examines the molecular underpinnings of AD with a focus on NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated neuroinflammation, detailing the crosstalk between Aβ, tau pathology, and innate immune responses. Finally, we highlight emerging therapeutic strategies targeting NLRP3 inflammasome activation as promising avenues for mitigating neuroinflammation and slowing AD progression.

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Alzheimer DiseaseInflammasomesNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansInflammationMicrogliaNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Proteintau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humantau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid betacytokinesmicroglia activationneurodegenerationneuroinflammationNLRP3 inflammasomesynaptic dysfunctiontau pathologytherapeutic targets

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PMID40427569
PMCPMC12108616

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