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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. Iron accumulation in microglia triggers a cascade of events that leads to altered metabolism and compromised function in APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) 2019-02-17 Genetics

    Among the changes that typify Alzheimer's disease (AD) are neuroinflammation and microglial activation, amyloid deposition perhaps resulting from compromised microglial function and iron accumulation.

  2. Blood-Brain Barrier: From Physiology to Disease and Back

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Physiological reviews 2019-01-01 Vascular contributions

    The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents neurotoxic plasma components, blood cells, and pathogens from entering the brain.

  3. miR-34a in Neurophysiology and Neuropathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN 2018-11-28 Risk factors

    Epigenetic influence of brain and neuronal function plays key regulatory roles in health and diseases.

  4. Inhibitors of NF-κB and P2X7/NLRP3/Caspase 1 pathway in microglia: Novel therapeutic opportunities in neuroinflammation induced early-stage Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neuroimmunology 2018-11-20 Treatments

    Microglial activation is a distinguished attribute in many neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

  5. The S100B story: from biomarker to active factor in neural injury

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2018-11-12 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    S100B is a Ca 2+ -binding protein mainly concentrated in astrocytes.

  6. Strong evidence implicates the complement pathway as an important contributor to amyloid pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the role of complement in tau modulation remains unclear.

  7. The Meningeal Lymphatic System: A New Player in Neurophysiology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neuron 2018-10-01 Tau biomarkers

    The nature of fluid dynamics within the brain parenchyma is a focus of intensive research.

  8. Inflammation in CNS neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Immunology 2018-04-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neurodegenerative diseases, the leading cause of morbidity and disability, are gaining increased attention as they impose a considerable socioeconomic impact, due in part to the ageing community.

  9. MicroRNA-Mediated Therapy Modulating Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Improves Vascular Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2018-04-12 Drug development

    We here provide the first evidence that the TNFα-miR-501-3p-ZO-1 axis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cerebral hypoperfusion-induced working memory deficits and white matter lesions, as a result of blood-brain barrier breakdown via tight junction disruption.

  10. Neuronal Cell Death

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Physiological reviews 2018-04-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neuronal cell death occurs extensively during development and pathology, where it is especially important because of the limited capacity of adult neurons to proliferate or be replaced.

  11. Microglia-Mediated Synapse Loss in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2018-03-01 Risk factors

    Microglia are emerging as key players in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  12. High-Dimensional Single-Cell Mapping of Central Nervous System Immune Cells Reveals Distinct Myeloid Subsets in Health, Aging, and Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Immunity 2018-02-06 Genetics

    Individual reports suggest that the central nervous system (CNS) contains multiple immune cell types with diverse roles in tissue homeostasis, immune defense, and neurological diseases.

  13. Microglia, the CNS-resident immune cells, play important roles in disease, but the spectrum of their possible activation states is not well understood.

  14. Cerebral blood flow regulation and neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2017-05-18 Inflammation and the immune system

    Cerebral blood flow (CBF) regulation is essential for normal brain function.

  15. Complement C3 deficiency protects against neurodegeneration in aged plaque-rich APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2017-05-01 Disease mechanisms

    The complement cascade not only is an innate immune response that enables removal of pathogens but also plays an important role in microglia-mediated synaptic refinement during brain development.

  16. Activation of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Promotes Neuroprotection in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Reducing Neuroinflammatory Responses

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2017-04-29 Drug development

    Here, we studied whether multiple sclerosis (MS) could be a complement to the CNS disorders that are associated with the GLP-1/GLP-1R signaling axis.

  17. iPSC-Derived Human Microglia-like Cells to Study Neurological Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neuron 2017-04-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia play critical roles in brain development, homeostasis, and neurological disorders.

  18. Neuroinflammation in glaucoma: A new opportunity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Experimental eye research 2017-02-24 Brain scans and imaging

    Mounting evidence suggests neuroinflammation is a key process in glaucoma, yet the precise roles are not known.

  19. Inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome with MCC950 promotes non-phlogistic clearance of amyloid-β and cognitive function in APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2016-12-18 Genetics

    Activation of the inflammasome is implicated in the pathogenesis of an increasing number of inflammatory diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  20. Glymphatic distribution of CSF-derived apoE into brain is isoform specific and suppressed during sleep deprivation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2016-12-08 Genetics

    We show that the glymphatic fluid transporting system contributes to the delivery of choroid plexus/CSF-derived human apoE to neurons.

  21. P1‐146: Chlamydia Pneumoniae‐Infected Astrocytes Alter Their Expression of Adam10, Bace1, and Presenilin‐1 Proteases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2016-07-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Utilizing β-amyloid precursor protein (βAPP) as a substrate, α-, β-, and γ-secretases are responsible for sequential cleavage events leading to the formation of β-amyloid, the classic pathologic hallmark of Alzheimer’s Disease.

  22. The blood-brain barrier in systemic inflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2016-03-16 Vascular contributions

    The blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays a key role in maintaining the specialized microenvironment of the central nervous system (CNS), and enabling communication with the systemic compartment.

  23. The NLRP3 and NLRP1 inflammasomes are activated in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2016-03-03 Inflammation and the immune system

    mRNA for inflammasome components (NLRP1, NLRP3, PYCARD, caspase 1, 5 and 8) and downstream effectors (IL-1β, IL-18) was up-regulated in severe and MILD AD.

  24. Functional involvement of γ-secretase in signaling of the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2016-01-20 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We show that inhibition of γ-secretase-dependent cleavage of the TREM2 C-terminal fragment in cellular membranes interferes with TREM2-dependent signaling and cellular function.

  25. Ocular Fundus Photography as a Tool to Study Stroke and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Seminars in neurology 2015-10-06 Brain scans and imaging

    Although cerebral small vessel disease has been linked to stroke and dementia, due to limitations of current neuroimaging technology, direct in vivo visualization of changes in the cerebral small vessels (e.g., cerebral arteriolar narrowing, tortuous microvessels, blood-brain barrier damage, capillary microaneurysms) is difficult to achieve.

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