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  1. Functional aspects of meningeal lymphatics in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Nature 2018-07-25 Tau biomarkers

    Ageing is a major risk factor for many neurological pathologies, but its mechanisms remain unclear.

  2. Innate immune memory in the brain shapes neurological disease hallmarks

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Nature 2018-04-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    Innate immune memory is a vital mechanism of myeloid cell plasticity that occurs in response to environmental stimuli and alters subsequent immune responses.

  3. Inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease: insights from immunotherapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Brain 2013-08-26 Treatments

    Genome-wide association studies have identified a number of risk variants for Alzheimer’s disease implicated in inflammatory responses (Bettens et al., 2013); exome sequencing has revealed polymorphisms in the microglial receptor TREM2 gene as a rare but significant risk for Alzheimer’s disease (Guerreiro et al., 2013; Jonsson et al., 2013); and recently, the CD33 risk allele has been shown to inhibit microglial clearance of amyloid-β (Bradshaw et al., 2013; Griciuc et al., 2013).

  4. Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 1995-08-01 Brain scans and imaging

    There have been 87 cases of superficial siderosis of the CNS reported in the world literature and 63 cases had developed the clinical syndrome with sufficient details to be reviewed.

  5. The AIDS dementia complex: II. Neuropathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Annals of neurology 1986-06-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    In order to define the histopathological substrate of the dementia that frequently complicates the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), we analyzed the neuropathological findings in 70 autopsied adult AIDS patients, 46 of whom had suffered clinically overt dementia.

  6. Reframing TDP-43 in Alzheimer's disease: From co-pathology to neurovascular culprit

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-12 Brain tissue and pathology

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is widely recognized as a multifactorial disorder involving neurovascular and glial dysfunction beyond amyloid-β and tau pathology.

  7. Inhibition of Acyl-CoenzymeA: Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1 promotes shedding of soluble triggering receptor on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) and low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (LRP1)-dependent phagocytosis of amyloid beta protein in microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    ACAT1 inhibition increased LRP1 levels and soluble TREM2 (sTREM2) release via enhanced TREM2 cleavage by ADAM metallopeptidase domain 10/17 (ADAM10/17).

  8. Alzheimer's disease-associated PLCG2 variants alter microglial state and function in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia-like cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-10 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Protective PLCG2P522R microglia showed significant transcriptomic similarity to isogenic controls.

  9. Integrating neuroinflammation biomarkers into the ATN(X) framework: Advances in Alzheimer's pathogenesis, diagnosis, and insights from non-human primate models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-08 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration (ATN) biomarker framework has greatly progressed the diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  10. Ms4a4a deficiency ameliorates plaque pathology in a mouse model of amyloid accumulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-08 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Ms4a4a deficiency reduced steady-state Aβ levels and shortened its half-life in brain interstitial fluid.

  11. Diabetic retinopathy and Alzheimer's disease: Convergence of the unfolded protein response in neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-08 Disease mechanisms

    Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are progressive neurodegenerative disorders affecting the eye and the brain, respectively.

  12. Boosting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in microglia protects against Alzheimer's disease in 5xFAD mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature aging 2025-06-09 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Genome-wide association studies have identified many gene polymorphisms associated with an increased risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD).

  13. PLCG2 modulates TREM2 expression and signaling in response to Alzheimer's disease pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-05 TREM2 and immune genetics

    In 5xFAD mice, the absence of PLCG2 resulted in reduced TREM2 expression and impaired microglial associations with amyloid beta plaques.

  14. C9orf72 dipeptides activate the NLRP3 inflammasome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain communications 2024-08-20 Inflammation and the immune system

    Frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are neurodegenerative diseases with considerable clinical, genetic and pathological overlap.

  15. Primate cerebrospinal fluid CHI3L1 reflects brain TREM2 agonism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-08-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We report CSF soluble TREM2 (sTREM2) and CSF chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1/YKL-40) as PD biomarkers for the TREM2 agonist hPara.09.

  16. SKA2 regulated hyperactive secretory autophagy drives neuroinflammation-induced neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-03-25 Inflammation and the immune system

    High levels of proinflammatory cytokines induce neurotoxicity and catalyze inflammation-driven neurodegeneration, but the specific release mechanisms from microglia remain elusive.

  17. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: A Case Report and Literature Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology 2023-08-09 Vascular contributions

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation (CAA-RI) is an encephalopathy caused by inflammation of β-amyloid peptide deposition in cerebrovascular vessels.

  18. Increased apolipoprotein E and decreased TNF-α in the cerebrospinal fluid of nondemented APOE-ε4 carriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Neuropsychopharmacology reports 2020-05-19 Genetics

    CSF levels of apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4 were significantly higher (all nominal P < 10 × 10-5 , false discovery rate < 0.001) and those of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were significantly lower (nominal P = 1.39 × 10-6 , false discovery rate < 0.001) in APOE-ε4 carriers than in noncarriers.

  19. Context-dependent TREM2 signalling in myeloid cells: Molecular mechanisms and immunotherapeutic divergence in neurodegeneration and cancer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Clinical and translational medicine 2026-10 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We address translation bottlenecks-including blood-brain barrier (BBB) shuttles, human trial scarcity and soluble TREM2 (sTREM2) biomarker harmonisation-outlining a biomarker-guided, context-tailored precision therapeutic framework for targeting the TREM2 axis.

  20. A pericyte-to-myofibroblast transition links APOE4 to cerebrovascular degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Cell 2026-09-24 Vascular contributions

    Cerebrovascular disease is a major but poorly understood feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  21. Progranulin deficiency-induced lysosomal dysfunction drives maladaptive myeloid cell states through the MITF/TFE transcription factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Immunity 2026-08-03 Genetics

    Lysosomal dysfunction in myeloid cells is increasingly implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.

  22. Neuroinflammation and Tauopathies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular biology reports 2026-06-30 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related Tauopathies are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated Tau protein in neurofibrillary tangles and frequently accompanied by amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology.1 While Tau aggregation has long been considered a primary driver of neurodegeneration, growing evidence highlights neuroinflammation as a central and early contributor to disease onset and progression.

  23. Brain endothelial Gαq/11 signalling in cerebrovascular function and cognition of aged mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. EBioMedicine 2026-05-18 Vascular contributions

    The brain endothelial Gαq/11 signalling pathway preserves normal vascular reactivity, and its loss resembles mild endothelial dysfunction in the brain.

  24. Phagocytes as plaque catalysts: Human macrophages generate seeding-competent Aβ42 fibrils with cross-seeding activity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2026-03-02 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The prevailing view frames microglia and macrophages as guardians against amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  25. Inflammasome adaptor ASC promotes sustained neuroinflammation and mild cognitive impairment in a closed-head injury model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2026-02-24 Inflammation and the immune system

    Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) from a closed-head injury (CHI) can lead to prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders, including mood disorders and an increased risk for neurodegenerative diseases and dementia.

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