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  2. Myo-inositol as a spectroscopic marker of neuroinflammation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration 2026-09-20
  3. Laromestrocel preserves brain volume and cognitive function in Alzheimers disease by inhibiting neuroinflammation 2026-09-17

Studies

1,157 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • The Journal of biological chemistry 109
  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 42
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 39
  • Neuron 28
  • Nature 23

363 journals in all.

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  1. Virus-mediated delivery of single-chain antibody targeting TDP-43 protects against neuropathology, cognitive impairment and motor deficit caused by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Experimental Neurology 2025-01-06 Brain tissue and pathology

    Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion induced by permanent unilateral common carotid artery occlusion in mice was recently found to induce an age-dependent formation of insoluble cytoplasmic TDP-43 aggregates reminiscent of pathological changes found in human vascular dementia.

  2. Xixin Decoction’s novel mechanism for alleviating Alzheimer’s disease cognitive dysfunction by modulating amyloid-β transport across the blood–brain barrier to reduce neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2025-01-06 Inflammation and the immune system

    Modern clinical studies have demonstrated its significant therapeutic effects in treating Alzheimer’s disease (AD) without notable adverse reactions.

  3. Effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation on cognitive and swallowing function in patients with MCI and dysphagia risk: a randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2025-01-04 Clinical safety

    The MoCA score and the SCWT duration of the real group improved significantly compared with that of the sham group.

  4. Alpha-synuclein aggregation induces prominent cellular lipid changes as revealed by Raman spectroscopy and machine learning analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain Communications 2025-01-01 Digital health tools

    HEK293, Neuro2a and SH-SY5Y expressing increased levels of α-synuclein were treated with sonicated α-synuclein pre-formed fibrils, to model seeded aggregation.

  5. The primary outcome was difference in the change in Neuropsychiatric Inventory apathy scores for oxytocin versus placebo periods in the per-protocol population after 6 weeks of treatment.

  6. Plasma vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 and glial fibrillary acidic protein associate with synaptic density in older adults without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain Communications 2025-01-01 Disease mechanisms

    The study population demonstrated limited PET-based amyloid-β and tau pathology, which did not associate with any of the investigated plasma biomarkers.

  7. Presenilin 2 regulates corticosterone-induced autophagic death of adult hippocampal neural stem cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Figshare 2025-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Chronic psychological stress is a well-known risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer disease (AD), yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

  8. Presenilin 2 regulates corticosterone-induced autophagic death of adult hippocampal neural stem cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Figshare 2025-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Chronic psychological stress is a well-known risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer disease (AD), yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

  9. Treatment-resistant patients with focal epilepsy of unknown cause display reduced neurogranin levels: a preliminary study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Ideggyógyászati Szemle 2025-01-01 Disease mechanisms

    Neurogranin levels were significantly reduced in MTLE-HS patients as compared to FLE patients and healthy controls but were not correlated with any of the clinical and cognitive variables.

  10. HMOX1-LDHB interaction promotes ferroptosis by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction in foamy macrophages during advanced atherosclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Developmental cell 2024-12-27 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Advanced atherosclerosis is the pathological basis for acute cardiovascular events, with significant residual risk of recurrent clinical events despite contemporary treatment.

  11. Epileptic seizures induced by pentylenetetrazole kindling accelerate Alzheimer-like neuropathology in 5×FAD mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Frontiers in pharmacology 2024-10-31 Biomarkers

    Clinical studies have shown that epileptic seizures worsen Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and related cognitive deficits; however, the underlying mechanism is unclear.

  12. Apolipoprotein E Induces Lipid Accumulation Through Dgat2 That Is Prevented with Time-Restricted Feeding in Drosophila

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Genes 2024-10-25 Risk factors

    We report that pan-neuronal expression of each ApoE allele induces lipid accumulation specifically in the brain, but not in the muscle.

  13. Intravenous chaperone treatment of late-stage Alzheimer´s disease (AD) mouse model affects amyloid plaque load, reactive gliosis and AD-related genes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Translational psychiatry 2024-10-24 Biomarkers

    Treatment strategies that are efficient against established Alzheimer's disease (AD) are needed.

  14. MLKL-USP7-UBA52 signaling is indispensable for autophagy in brain through maintaining ubiquitin homeostasis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Autophagy 2024-09-19 Biomarkers

    Here, we observed significant compromise in macroautophagy/autophagy in the brains of mlkl knockout (KO) mice, as evidenced by the downregulation of BECN1/Beclin1 and ULK1 (unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1).

  15. An Enteric Bacterial Infection Triggers Neuroinflammation and Neurobehavioral Impairment in 3xTg-AD Transgenic Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The Journal of infectious diseases 2024-09-01 Tau biomarkers

    Klebsiella pneumoniae is infamous for hospital-acquired infections and sepsis, which have also been linked to Alzheimer disease (AD)-related neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative impairment.

  16. Proteomics identifies potential immunological drivers of postinfection brain atrophy and cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Nature aging 2024-08-14 Biomarkers

    Infections have been associated with the incidence of Alzheimer disease and related dementias, but the mechanisms responsible for these associations remain unclear.

  17. Microglia rescue neurons from aggregate-induced neuronal dysfunction and death through tunneling nanotubes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Neuron 2024-07-25 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia are crucial for maintaining brain health and neuron function.

  18. Lipid droplet accumulation mediates macrophage survival and Treg recruitment via the CCL20/CCR6 axis in human hepatocellular carcinoma

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Cellular & molecular immunology 2024-06-28 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Metabolic changes play a crucial role in determining the status and function of macrophages, but how lipid reprogramming in macrophages contributes to tumor progression is not yet fully understood.

  19. KLOTHO KL-VS heterozygosity is associated with diminished age-related neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and synaptic dysfunction in older cognitively unimpaired adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-06-21 Biomarkers

    Higher levels of neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and synaptic dysfunction in older adults were attenuated in KL-VS HET .

  20. Microglia promote maladaptive plasticity in autonomic circuitry after spinal cord injury in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2024-06-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Robust structural remodeling and synaptic plasticity occurs within spinal autonomic circuitry after severe high-level spinal cord injury (SCI).

  21. γ-Secretase Modulator BPN15606 Reduced Aβ42 and Aβ40 and Countered Alzheimer-Related Pathologies in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2024-05-15 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Our findings point to the involvement of increased levels of Aβ42 and/or Aβ40 in contributing to several molecular and cognitive traits associated with DS-AD.

  22. Soluble receptor of advanced glycation end product as a biomarker in neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis of controlled studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. European journal of clinical investigation 2024-05-03 Disease mechanisms

    This meta-analysis revealed a significant reduction in sRAGE in neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders particularly in Asians and moderate age.

  23. Biomimetic Nanovesicles as a Dual Gene Delivery System for the Synergistic Gene Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. ACS nano 2024-04-22 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The association between dysfunctional microglia and amyloid-β (Aβ) is a fundamental pathological event and increases the speed of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  24. Mediterranean diets may be neuroprotective and prevent cognitive decline relative to Western diets; however, the underlying biology is poorly understood.

  25. Phenotypes and ontogeny of senescent hepatic stellate cells in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of hepatology 2024-03-18 TREM2 and immune genetics

    & aims Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the key drivers of fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), the fastest growing cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide.

  26. Mis-spliced transcripts generate de novo proteins in TDP-43-related ALS/FTD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2024-02-14 Brain tissue and pathology

    Functional loss of TDP-43, an RNA binding protein genetically and pathologically linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), leads to the inclusion of cryptic exons in hundreds of transcripts during disease.

  27. Diacylglycerols and Lysophosphatidic Acid, Enriched on Lipoprotein(a), Contribute to Monocyte Inflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2024-01-25 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Oxidized phospholipids play a key role in the atherogenic potential of lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]); however, Lp(a) is a complex particle that warrants research into additional proinflammatory mediators.

  28. Signalling Pathways Involved in Microglial Activation in Alzheimer's Disease and Potential Neuroprotective Role of Phytoconstituents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. CNS & neurological disorders drug targets 2024-01-01 Drug development

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a commonly reported neurodegenerative disorder associated with dementia and cognitive impairment.

  29. Microglial function, INPP5D/SHIP1 signaling, and NLRP3 inflammasome activation: implications for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2023-11-29 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Recent genetic studies on Alzheimer's disease (AD) have brought microglia under the spotlight, as loci associated with AD risk are enriched in genes expressed in microglia.

  30. Immune profiling of murine cardiac leukocytes identifies triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 as a novel mediator of hypertensive heart failure

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Cardiovascular research 2023-10-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Our data provide an atlas of immunological alterations that can lead to improved diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for HFpEF.

  31. Microglial senescence contributes to female-biased neuroinflammation in the aging mouse hippocampus: implications for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2023-08-16 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia, the brain's principal immune cells, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a condition shown to affect more females than males.

  32. Osteopontin characterizes bile duct-associated macrophages and correlates with liver fibrosis severity in primary sclerosing cholangitis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023-08-02 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an immune-mediated cholestatic liver disease for which pharmacological treatment options are currently unavailable.

  33. Functional roles of reactive astrocytes in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neurology 2023-06-12 Inflammation and the immune system

    Despite advances in uncovering the mechanisms that underlie neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative disease, therapies that prevent neuronal loss remain elusive.

  34. High-intensity interval training ameliorates Alzheimer's disease-like pathology by regulating astrocyte phenotype-associated AQP4 polarization

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Theranostics 2023-06-04 Inflammation and the immune system

    High-intensity interval training (HIIT) alleviates cognitive dysfunction in STZ-induced AD-like rat models and provides neuroprotection against neurodegeneration, neuronal damage, and neuronal loss.

  35. Tau activation of microglial cGAS-IFN reduces MEF2C-mediated cognitive resilience

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2023-04-24 Inflammation and the immune system

    Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) precede clinical symptoms by years, indicating a period of cognitive resilience before the onset of dementia.

  36. Aging is a multi-faceted process caused by the accumulation of cellular damage over time, associated with a gradual reduction of physiological activities in cells and organs.

  37. The neuronal pentraxin Nptx2 regulates complement activity and restrains microglia-mediated synapse loss in neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2023-03-29 Inflammation and the immune system

    Complement overactivation mediates microglial synapse elimination in neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but how complement activity is regulated in the brain remains largely unknown.

  38. Transcriptomic atlas and interaction networks of brain cells in mouse CNS demyelination and remyelination

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Cell reports 2023-03-21 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Demyelination is a hallmark of multiple sclerosis, leukoencephalopathies, cerebral vasculopathies, and several neurodegenerative diseases.

  39. Regulatory role of the endocannabinoid system on glial cells toward cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Frontiers in pharmacology 2023-03-03 Inflammation and the immune system

    The analysis included 26 original articles describing (1050 rodents) with AD-like symptoms.

  40. Apolipoprotein E induces pathogenic senescent-like myeloid cells in prostate cancer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Cancer cell 2023-03-02 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Tumor cells promote the recruitment of immunosuppressive neutrophils, a subset of myeloid cells driving immune suppression, tumor proliferation, and treatment resistance.

  41. The bidirectional lung brain-axis of amyloid-β pathology: ozone dysregulates the peri-plaque microenvironment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2023-03-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The mechanisms underlying how urban air pollution affects Alzheimer's disease (AD) are largely unknown.

  42. TNFR-1 and GDF-15 Are Associated With Plasma Neurofilament Light Chain and Progranulin Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the MAPT Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2023-03-01 Biomarkers

    There is growing evidence that cognitive decline can be affected by both nutritional aspects and inflammation.

  43. Models of microglia depletion and replenishment elicit protective effects to alleviate vascular and neuronal damage in the diabetic murine retina

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2022-12-14 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia, the resident phagocytes of the retina, are believed to influence the development of retinopathy, but their exact contributions to vascular integrity and neuronal loss are unknown.

  44. Role of Endogenous Lipopolysaccharides in Neurological Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cells 2022-12-14 Disease mechanisms

    Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a cell-wall immunostimulatory endotoxin component of Gram-negative bacteria.

  45. Combined Effects of Synaptic and Axonal Integrity on Longitudinal Gray Matter Atrophy in Cognitively Unimpaired Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurology 2022-11-14 Biomarkers

    Forty-six clinically normal older adults (mean age = 70 years; 43% female) were included.

  46. Empagliflozin reduces kidney fibrosis and improves kidney function by alternative macrophage activation in rats with 5/6-nephrectomy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie 2022-10-31 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors originally developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes are clinically very effective drugs halting chronic kidney disease progression.

  47. Ex vivo expanded human regulatory T cells modify neuroinflammation in a preclinical model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2022-09-30 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a neuroprotective role by suppressing microglia and macrophage-mediated inflammation and modulating adaptive immune reactions.

  48. Complement C1q-dependent excitatory and inhibitory synapse elimination by astrocytes and microglia in Alzheimer's disease mouse models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Nature aging 2022-09-20 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia and complement can mediate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  49. Apolipoprotein E4 impairs the response of neurodegenerative retinal microglia and prevents neuronal loss in glaucoma

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Immunity 2022-08-16 Genetics

    The apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) allele is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer disease and a decreased risk of glaucoma, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.

  50. Galectin-3, a rising star in modulating microglia activation under conditions of neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Cell death & disease 2022-07-20 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The advent of high-throughput single-cell transcriptomic analysis of microglia has revealed different phenotypes that are inherently associated with disease conditions.

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