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Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.

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  1. Soluble α-synuclein-antibody complexes activate the NLRP3 inflammasome in hiPSC-derived microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021-04-13 Inflammation and the immune system

    Parkinson's disease is characterized by accumulation of α-synuclein (αSyn).

  2. TREM2/PLCγ2 signalling in immune cells: function, structural insight, and potential therapeutic modulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2021-04-06 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The central role of the resident innate immune cells of the brain (microglia) in neurodegeneration has become clear over the past few years largely through genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and has rapidly become an active area of research.

  3. Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-2 (TREM2) Interacts With Colony-Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor (CSF1R) but Is Not Necessary for CSF1/CSF1R-Mediated Microglial Survival

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2021-03-25 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2) and colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) are crucial molecules for microgliopathy, which is characterized by microglia dysfunction and has recently been proposed as the neuropathological hallmark of neurological disorders.

  4. Neurodegenerative Disease and the NLRP3 Inflammasome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in pharmacology 2021-03-10 Inflammation and the immune system

    The prevalence of neurodegenerative disease has increased significantly in recent years, and with a rapidly aging global population, this trend is expected to continue.

  5. CSF sTREM2 is elevated in a subset in GRN-related frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2021-03-04 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Excessive microglial activation might be a central pathological process in GRN-related frontotemporal dementia (FTD-GRN).

  6. The Neurovascular Unit Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2021-02-18 Vascular contributions

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide.

  7. Expression and secretion of apoE isoforms in astrocytes and microglia during inflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Glia 2021-02-08 Genetics

    Neuroinflammation is a common feature in neurodegenerative diseases, modulated by the Alzheimer's disease risk factor, apolipoprotein E (APOE).

  8. TREM2 Mediates Microglial Anti-Inflammatory Activations in Alzheimer's Disease: Lessons Learned from Transcriptomics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cells 2021-02-04 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a lethal neurodegenerative disorder primarily affecting the aged population.

  9. Mangiferin inhibited neuroinflammation through regulating microglial polarization and suppressing NF-κB, NLRP3 pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Chinese journal of natural medicines 2021-02 Inflammation and the immune system

    Inflammation plays important roles in the progress of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

  10. Decoding Mast Cell-Microglia Communication in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2021-01-22 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia, resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), play a pivotal role in immune surveillance and maintenance of neuronal health.

  11. Inhibition of miR-96-5p May Reduce Aβ42/Aβ40 Ratio via Regulating ATP-binding cassette transporter A1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021 Biomarkers

    The expression of ABCA1 was significantly downregulated in AD models at both mRNA and protein levels.

  12. Microglia and its Genetics in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2021 Genetics

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia across the world.

  13. NLRP3 Inflammasome: A Starring Role in Amyloid-β- and Tau-Driven Pathological Events in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease commonly diagnosed among the elderly population.

  14. Innate Immunity and Cell Death in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. ASN neuro 2021 Inflammation and the immune system

    The innate immune system plays key roles in controlling Alzheimer's disease (AD), while secreting cytokines to eliminate pathogens and regulating brain homeostasis.

  15. Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease: Focus on NLRP1 and NLRP3 Inflammasomes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current protein & peptide science 2021 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the main cause of dementia worldwide.

  16. The NLRP3 Inflammasome in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia.

  17. The pericyte: A critical cell in the pathogenesis of CADASIL

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cerebral circulation - cognition and behavior 2021 Vascular contributions

    Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary small vessel disease presenting with migraine, mood and cognitive disorders, focal neurological deficits, recurrent ischemic attacks, lacunar infarcts and brain white matter changes.

  18. The Vagal Autonomic Pathway of COVID-19 at the Crossroad of Alzheimer's Disease and Aging: A Review of Knowledge

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports 2020-12-28 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-triggered mortality is significantly higher in older than in younger populations worldwide.

  19. Attenuated CSF-1R signalling drives cerebrovascular pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. EMBO molecular medicine 2020-12-22 Vascular contributions

    Cerebrovascular pathologies occur in up to 80% of cases of Alzheimer's disease; however, the underlying mechanisms that lead to perivascular pathology and accompanying blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption are still not fully understood.

  20. The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is an immune receptor expressed on myeloid-derived cell types.

  21. Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders: the roles of microglia and astrocytes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Translational neurodegeneration 2020-11-26 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neuroinflammation is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

  22. The NLRP3 inflammasome triggers sterile neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current opinion in immunology 2020-11-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    To maintain homeostasis, an organism must detect and resolve sterile tissue damage.

  23. Alogliptin Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Neuroinflammation in Mice Through Modulation of TLR4/MYD88/NF-κB and miRNA-155/SOCS-1 Signaling Pathways

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 2020-10-29 Drug development

    Alogliptin treatment alleviated LPS-induced cognitive impairment as assessed by Morris water maze and novel object recognition tests.

  24. Single-nucleus transcriptome analysis reveals dysregulation of angiogenic endothelial cells and neuroprotective glia in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020-09-28 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia but has no effective treatment.

  25. Single-Nucleus RNA-Seq Is Not Suitable for Detection of Microglial Activation Genes in Humans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell reports 2020-09-01 Genetics

    Single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) is used as an alternative to single-cell RNA-seq, as it allows transcriptomic profiling of frozen tissue.

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