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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

The Role of Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and Multiple Sclerosis.

Justyna Fołta, Zuzanna Rzepka, Dorota Wrześniok

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 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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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Nuclear dysfunction in aging and neurodegeneration.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  5. Neuroprotective effects ofBiomedical reports · 2026
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  9. Peripheral inflammation predicts motor, cognitive, and disease progression in Parkinson's disease: A 4-year longitudinal study from the PPMI cohorts.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  12. Insulin Resistance and Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Justyna FołtaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Jagiellońska 4, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland.ORCID 0009-0001-8349-7934
Zuzanna RzepkaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Jagiellońska 4, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7892-0462
Dorota WrześniokDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Jagiellońska 4, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6918-3330

Funding

Medical University of Silesia BNW-1-037/N/4/FMedical University of Silesia BNW-2-037/N/4/F
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases are a group of conditions that have in common the progressive damage and degeneration of neurons in the central nervous system. This group includes Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and multiple sclerosis, among others. In recent years, increasing evidence has pointed to the important role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of these conditions. The occurrence of inflammation in the brain, which is often triggered by pro-inflammatory activation of microglia or astrocytes, can consequently lead to a chronic inflammatory response that contributes to the development of neurodegenerative processes. Inflammatory processes themselves, both within the nervous system and throughout the human body, appear to be central to the initiation and progression of neuronal damage. Understanding the role of inflammation in these diseases may open up new perspectives and opportunities in the future in the development of effective therapies to improve patients' quality of life as the vast majority of cases of patients affected by neurodegenerative diseases continue to be treated symptomatically since causal treatments are lacking. In this review, we provide information on the impact of inflammation on the pathogenesis, course, and potential therapeutic options for selected neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, this article provides a general description of neuroinflammation and the involvement and role of specific cells in the central nervous system.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseInflammationMultiple SclerosisNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseaseAnimalsHumansMicrogliaNeuroinflammatory Diseasescentral nervous systeminflammatoryneurodegenerative disease

Identifiers

PMID40507988
PMCPMC12154089

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