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ArticleBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2026

Assessing the repurposing potential of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug targets to reduce Alzheimer's disease risk: a Mendelian randomization study.

Christina N Kushnir, Victoria Taylor-Bateman, Neil M Davies, Emma L Anderson

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Christina N KushnirDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Victoria Taylor-BatemanDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Neil M DaviesDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Emma L AndersonDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.

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Abstract

Background: Systemic inflammation plays a key role in the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the repurposing potential of select anti-inflammatory drug targets for AD treatment remains unclear. Methods: Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) and colocalization analyses were conducted to estimate the effects of select disease-modifying antirheumatic (DMARD) targets on AD risk. We investigated 9 DMARD targets, using blood protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs) from the UK Biobank Pharma Proteomics Project ( Results: Our MR estimates suggest that higher levels of Conclusions: Our findings suggest a causal effect of

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Alzheimer's diseaseDementiaDMARDDrug target Mendelian randomizationInflammation

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PMID41694229
PMCPMC12906199

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