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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2026

Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory therapies are associated with reduced risk of age-associated neurodegenerative diseases: impact of sex and treatment duration.

Helena Cortes-Flores, Georgina Torrandell-Haro, Roberta Diaz Brinton

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Helena Cortes-FloresCenter for Innovation in Brain Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Georgina Torrandell-HaroCenter for Innovation in Brain Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Roberta Diaz BrintonCenter for Innovation in Brain Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.

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Introduction: Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and non-AD dementias share chronic neuroinflammatory mechanisms that contribute to neuronal injury and disease progression. While anti-inflammatory therapies (AITs) are associated with reduced neurodegenerative disease risk, knowledge regarding the impact of biological sex and treatment duration across multiple NDDs remains limited. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis using a large propensity-score-matched population ( Results: AIT exposure was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing any NDD (RR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.43-0.48, Discussion: Chronic use of anti-inflammatory or immunomodulatory therapies was associated with significantly reduced incidence of multiple neurodegenerative diseases in both sexes. The strongest effects were observed with immunomodulator use and prolonged therapy duration, suggesting that sustained modulation of systemic inflammation confers broad neuroprotective effects in both sexes. These findings highlight the potential of targeting immune-inflammatory pathways for neurodegenerative disease prevention and can inform prospective mechanistic and interventional studies.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseanti-inflammatory treatmentneurodegenerative diseaseNSAIDsretrospective analysis

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