Determinants of approved acetylcholinesterase inhibitor response outcomes in Alzheimer's disease: relevance for precision medicine in neurodegenerative diseases

S Lista, A Vergallo, SJ Teipel, P Lemercier… - Ageing research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (ChEI) are the global standard of care for the symptomatic
treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and show significant positive effects in …

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors targeting the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway: a new therapeutic perspective in aging-related disorders

R Benfante, S Di Lascio, S Cardani… - Aging clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Neuroinflammation and cholinergic dysfunction, leading to cognitive impairment, are
hallmarks of aging and neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Predictors of response to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in dementia: A systematic review

FE Pozzi, E Conti, I Appollonio, C Ferrarese… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The mainstay of therapy for many neurodegenerative dementias still relies on
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEI); however, there is debate on various aspects of such …

Pharmacological Mechanisms Underlying the Neuroprotective Effects of Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. on Alzheimer's Disease

J Xu, F Wang, J Guo, C Xu, Y Cao, Z Fang… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alpinia oxyphylla Miq.(ie, A. oxyphylla), a traditional Chinese medicine, can exert
neuroprotective effects in ameliorating mild cognitive impairment and improving the …

Pharmacogenetic considerations when prescribing cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

R Cacabelos - Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Cholinergic dysfunction, demonstrated in the late 1970s and early 1980s, led to
the introduction of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) in 1993 (Tacrine) to enhance …

Pharmacogenomics of cognitive dysfunction and neuropsychiatric disorders in dementia

R Cacabelos - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Symptomatic interventions for patients with dementia involve anti-dementia drugs to improve
cognition, psychotropic drugs for the treatment of behavioral disorders (BDs), and different …

[HTML][HTML] Unanswered questions in the regulation and function of the duplicated α7 nicotinic receptor gene CHRFAM7A

S Leonard, R Benfante - Pharmacological Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The α7 nicotinic receptor (α7 nAChR) is an important entry point for Ca 2+ into the cell,
which has broad and important effects on gene expression and function. The gene …

Pharmacogenomics of Dementia: Personalizing the treatment of cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms

B Vuic, T Milos, L Tudor, M Nikolac Perkovic… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dementia is a syndrome of global and progressive deterioration of cognitive skills,
especially memory, learning, abstract thinking, and orientation, usually affecting the elderly …

Effect of donepezil on the expression and responsiveness to LPS of CHRNA7 and CHRFAM7A in macrophages: A possible link to the cholinergic anti-inflammatory …

A Maroli, S Di Lascio, L Drufuca, S Cardani… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (CHRNA7) modulates the inflammatory response by
activating the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. CHRFAM7A, the human-restricted …

Role of pharmacogenomics in individualizing treatment for Alzheimer's disease

N Argueta, E Notari, K Szigeti - CNS drugs, 2022 - Springer
The development of Alzheimer's disease therapeutics has been challenging, with 99% of
clinical trials failing to find a significant difference between drug and placebo. While the …