Emerging diagnostics and therapeutics for Alzheimer disease

WK Self, DM Holtzman - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common contributor to dementia in the world, but
strategies that slow or prevent its clinical progression have largely remained elusive, until …

Chronic effects of inflammation on tauopathies

C Langworth-Green, S Patel, Z Jaunmuktane… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Tauopathies are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders that are
characterised by the aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau into filamentous …

Brain and systemic inflammation in de novo PARKINSON'S Disease

TA Yacoubian, YHD Fang, A Gerstenecker… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the presence of brain and systemic inflammation in subjects newly
diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD). Background Evidence for a pathophysiologic role …

Longitudinal positron emission tomography and postmortem analysis reveals widespread neuroinflammation in SARS-CoV-2 infected rhesus macaques

JM Nieuwland, E Nutma, IH Philippens… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients initially develop
respiratory symptoms, but they may also suffer from neurological symptoms. People with …

[HTML][HTML] TSPO PET brain inflammation imaging: A transdiagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis of 156 case-control studies

LJ De Picker, M Morrens, I Branchi… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction The 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO) is increasingly recognized as a
molecular target for PET imaging of inflammatory responses in various central nervous …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [11C] PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures

MB VanElzakker, HF Bues, L Brusaferri, M Kim… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has triggered a consequential public
health crisis of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), sometimes referred to as long …

Insulin resistance and body mass index are associated with TSPO PET in cognitively unimpaired elderly

LL Ekblad, J Tuisku, M Koivumäki… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Metabolic risk factors are associated with peripheral low-grade inflammation and an
increased risk for dementia. We evaluated if metabolic risk factors ie insulin resistance, body …

Characterization of monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) as a biomarker of reactive astrogliosis in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

M Jaisa-Aad, C Muñoz-Castro, MA Healey… - Acta …, 2024 - Springer
Reactive astrogliosis accompanies the two neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's
disease (AD)—Aβ plaques and neurofibrillary tangles—and parallels neurodegeneration in …

Tau follows principal axes of functional and structural brain organization in Alzheimer's disease

J Ottoy, MS Kang, JXM Tan, L Boone… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a brain network disorder where pathological proteins
accumulate through networks and drive cognitive decline. Yet, the role of network …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping acute neuroinflammation in vivo with diffusion-MRI in rats given a systemic lipopolysaccharide challenge

E Kim, IC Figueiredo, C Simmons, K Randall… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is becoming increasingly apparent that neuroinflammation plays a critical role in an array
of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Recent studies have demonstrated the potential of …