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  1. TLR4 Cross-Talk With NLRP3 Inflammasome and Complement Signaling Pathways in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2020-04-23 Inflammation and the immune system

    Amyloid plaques, mainly composed of abnormally aggregated amyloid β-protein (Aβ) in the brain parenchyma, and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), consisting of hyperphosphorylated tau protein aggregates in neurons, are two pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  2. Meprin β cleaves TREM2 and controls its phagocytic activity on macrophages

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2020-04-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a multifunctional surface protein that affects survival, migration, and phagocytic capacity of myeloid cells.

  3. Potential Therapeutic Approaches for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-03-14 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a cerebrovascular disease directly implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis through amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition, which may cause the development and progression of dementia.

  4. Apolipoprotein E regulates the maturation of injury-induced adult-born hippocampal neurons following traumatic brain injury

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. PloS one 2020-03-02 Genetics

    Various brain injuries lead to the activation of adult neural stem/progenitor cells in the mammalian hippocampus.

  5. Small Vessel Disease-Related Dementia: An Invalid Neurovascular Coupling?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-02-07 Vascular contributions

    The arteriosclerosis-dependent alteration of brain perfusion is one of the major determinants in small vessel disease, since small vessels have a pivotal role in the brain's autoregulation.

  6. Review of Alterations in Perlecan-Associated Vascular Risk Factors in Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-01-20 Vascular contributions

    Perlecan is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan protein in the extracellular matrix that structurally and biochemically supports the cerebrovasculature by dynamically responding to changes in cerebral blood flow.

  7. Early-Onset Familial Alzheimer Disease Variant PSEN2 N141I Heterozygosity is Associated with Altered Microglia Phenotype

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Microglial expression of PSEN2 N141I resulted in impaired γ-secretase activity as well as exaggerated inflammatory cytokine release, NFκB activity, and Aβ internalization.

  8. The Amyloid-Tau-Neuroinflammation Axis in the Context of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2019-12-14 Vascular contributions

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is typified by the cerebrovascular deposition of amyloid.

  9. Synaptic Plasticity Shapes Brain Connectivity: Implications for Network Topology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2019-12-08 Disease mechanisms

    Studies of brain network connectivity improved understanding on brain changes and adaptation in response to different pathologies.

  10. Anti-inflammatory Effect of AZD6244 on Acrolein-Induced Neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2019-11-30 Inflammation and the immune system

    Clinically, high levels of acrolein (a highly reactive α, β-unsaturated aldehyde) and acrolein adducts are detected in the brain of patients with CNS neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injury.

  11. The Emerging Roles and Therapeutic Potential of Soluble TREM2 in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2019-11-26 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia characterized by the deposition of extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ)-containing plaques, the formation of intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles as well as neuroinflammatory changes.

  12. Microvascular pericytes in brain-associated vascular disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie 2019-11-25 Vascular contributions

    Pericytes, as mural cells of microvessels, are important regulators of vascular structure formation and function maintenance in the process of cerebrovascular maturation, cerebrovascular homeostasis and disease.

  13. Brain-Immune Interactions and Neuroinflammation After Traumatic Brain Injury

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2019-11-12 Inflammation and the immune system

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the principal cause of death and disability in children and young adults.

  14. Inflammasome-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2019-11-08 Inflammation and the immune system

    Historically neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease (AD) in particular, have been viewed to be primarily caused and driven by neuronal mechanisms.

  15. Is Alzheimer's disease an inflammasomopathy?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2019-09-29 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly and, despite the tremendous efforts researchers have put into AD research, there are no effective options for prevention and treatment of the disease.

  16. Small Vessel Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2019-09-24 Vascular contributions

    Small vessel disease (SVD) refers to conditions where damage to arterioles and capillaries is predominant, leading to reduced, or interrupted perfusion of the affected organ.

  17. The role of TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease; evidence from transgenic mouse models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2019-09-23 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a currently incurable neurodegenerative disorder.

  18. A Therapeutic Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease Focused on Immune-inflammatory Modulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Dementia and neurocognitive disorders 2019-06-24 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, has emerged as a major global public health challenge.

  19. Genetic Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease: Emerging Roles of Microglia in Disease Pathomechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2019 Genetics

    The accumulation of aggregated amyloid β (Aβ) peptides in the brain is deeply involved in Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis.

  20. The Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-2 (TREM-2) as Expression of the Relationship between Microglia and Alzheimer's Disease: A Novel Marker for a Promising Pathway to Explore

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. The Journal of frailty & aging 2019 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, strongly related with age.

  21. Stavudine Reduces NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Modulates Amyloid-β Autophagy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2019 Inflammation and the immune system

    IL-1β, IL-18, and caspase-1 were increased whereas Aβ phagocytosis and TREM2 were reduced in LPS+Aβ42-stimulated cells.

  22. Neurovascular Ageing and Age-Related Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Sub-cellular biochemistry 2019 Vascular contributions

    Proper functioning of the brain is dependent on integrity of the cerebral vasculature.

  23. Endothelial Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2019 Vascular contributions

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

  24. Pericytes in Alzheimer's Disease: Novel Clues to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Pathogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2019 Vascular contributions

    Pericytes in the central nervous system attract growing attention of neurobiologists because of obvious opportunities to use them as target cells in numerous brain diseases.

  25. Contributions of sex to cerebrovascular function and pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Brain research 2018-12-20 Vascular contributions

    Sex differences exist in how cerebral blood vessels function under both physiological and pathological conditions, contributing to observed sex differences in risk and outcomes of cerebrovascular diseases (CBVDs), such as vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) and stroke.

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