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Studies

1,157 studies carry this tag.

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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. Extracellular Vesicles From 3xTg-AD Mouse and Alzheimer's Disease Patient Astrocytes Impair Neuroglial and Vascular Components

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2021-02-19 Biomarkers

    Astrocytes are specialized glial cells that are essential components of the neurovascular unit (NVU) and are involved in neurodevelopment, brain maintenance and repair, and neurodegeneration.

  2. Diet-dependent regulation of TGFβ impairs reparative innate immune responses after demyelination

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Nature metabolism 2021-02-18 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Proregenerative responses are required for the restoration of nervous-system functionality in demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS).

  3. Oxidized phosphatidylcholines found in multiple sclerosis lesions mediate neurodegeneration and are neutralized by microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2021-02-18 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Neurodegeneration occurring in multiple sclerosis (MS) contributes to the progression of disability.

  4. Curcumin protects against cognitive impairments in a rat model of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion combined with diabetes mellitus by suppressing neuroinflammation, apoptosis, and pyroptosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International immunopharmacology 2021-02-03 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) is regarded as a high-risk factor for cognitive decline in vascular dementia (VaD).

  5. α-Synuclein Oligomers Induce Glutamate Release from Astrocytes and Excessive Extrasynaptic NMDAR Activity in Neurons, Thus Contributing to Synapse Loss

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2021-01-22 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic and neuronal loss are major neuropathological characteristics of Parkinson's disease.

  6. p53 is a central regulator driving neurodegeneration caused by C9orf72 poly(PR)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Cell 2021-01-21 Clinical safety

    The most common genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a GGGGCC repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene.

  7. Crocetin promotes clearance of amyloid-β by inducing autophagy via the STK11/LKB1-mediated AMPK pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Autophagy 2021-01-19 Biomarkers

    Autophagy induction by crocetin significantly increased Aβ clearance in N9 cells.

  8. Dynamic Shifts in the Composition of Resident and Recruited Macrophages Influence Tissue Remodeling in NASH

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Cell reports 2021-01-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Macrophage-mediated inflammation is critical in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

  9. Palmitoylated Prolactin-releasing Peptide Reduced Aβ Plaques and Microgliosis in the Cerebellum: APP/PS1 Mice Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2021-01-01 Biomarkers

    These results suggest palm11-PrRP31 is a promising agent for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.

  10. Microglial activation in the right amygdala-entorhinal-hippocampal complex is associated with preserved spatial learning in AppNL-G-F mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. NeuroImage 2020-12-29 Biomarkers

    Elevated microglial activation in the right amygdala-entorhinal-hippocampal complex of App NL-G-F mice is associated with better spatial learning.

  11. Systematic review and meta-analysis of human transcriptomics reveals neuroinflammation, deficient energy metabolism, and proteostasis failure across neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2020-12-19 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Lewy body diseases (LBD), and the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS-FTD) spectrum are defined by the accumulation of specific misfolded protein aggregates.

  12. Chi3l1/YKL-40 is controlled by the astrocyte circadian clock and regulates neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2020-12-01 Tau biomarkers

    Regulation of glial activation and neuroinflammation are critical factors in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  13. Neuroprotective epi-drugs quench the inflammatory response and microglial/macrophage activation in a mouse model of permanent brain ischemia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2020-11-27 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We showed that the sinergistic combination of the histone deacetilase inhibitor MS-275 with the sirtuin 1 activator resveratrol, at very low doses, restores normal RelA acetylation and elicit neuroprotection in mice subjected to transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) and primary cortical neurons exposed to oxygen-glucose-deprivation (OGD).

  14. The dietary fatty acids α-linolenic acid (ALA) and linoleic acid (LA) selectively inhibit microglial nitric oxide production

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular and cellular neurosciences 2020-11-06 Prevention trials

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder without a known cure or effective treatment.

  15. Vitamin D exerts neuroprotection via SIRT1/nrf-2/ NF-kB signaling pathways against D-galactose-induced memory impairment in adult mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Neurochemistry international 2020-11-04 Disease mechanisms

    Vitamin D (Vt. D) is one of the vital hormone having multiple functions in various tissues, including brain.

  16. Truncated stathmin-2 is a marker of TDP-43 pathology in frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2020-11-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    No treatment for frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common type of early-onset dementia, is available, but therapeutics are being investigated to target the 2 main proteins associated with FTD pathological subtypes: TDP-43 (FTLD-TDP) and tau (FTLD-tau).

  17. Resveratrol mediates mechanical allodynia through modulating inflammatory response via the TREM2-autophagy axis in SNI rat model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2020-10-21 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Neuropathic pain (NeuP) is a chronic and challenging clinical problem, with little effective treatment.

  18. The role of TDP-43 propagation in neurodegenerative diseases: integrating insights from clinical and experimental studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Experimental & molecular medicine 2020-10-13 Lewy body dementia

    TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a highly conserved nuclear RNA/DNA-binding protein involved in the regulation of RNA processing.

  19. The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein alters barrier function in 2D static and 3D microfluidic in-vitro models of the human blood-brain barrier

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2020-10-11 Risk factors

    As researchers across the globe have focused their attention on understanding SARS-CoV-2, the picture that is emerging is that of a virus that has serious effects on the vasculature in multiple organ systems including the cerebral vasculature.

  20. Hydroxytyrosol improves mitochondrial energetics of a cellular model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nutritional neuroscience 2020-10-07 Prevention trials

    Mitochondrial energetic deficit is one of the hallmarks of neurodegenerative disorders, e.g. Alzheimer´s disease (AD).

  21. Network analysis of the progranulin-deficient mouse brain proteome reveals pathogenic mechanisms shared in human frontotemporal dementia caused by GRN mutations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2020-10-07 Disease mechanisms

    Heterozygous, loss-of-function mutations in the granulin gene (GRN) encoding progranulin (PGRN) are a common cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

  22. Astaxanthin Suppresses PM2.5-Induced Neuroinflammation by Regulating Akt Phosphorylation in BV-2 Microglial Cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-09-30 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Air pollution has become one of the most serious issues for human health and has been shown to be particularly concerning for neural and cognitive health.

  23. Klotho overexpression improves amyloid-β clearance and cognition in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Aging cell 2020-09-21 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent type of dementia, characterized by the presence of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques.

  24. Sulforaphene Ameliorates Neuroinflammation and Hyperphosphorylated Tau Protein via Regulating the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β Pathway in Experimental Models of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 2020-09-10 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia characterized by progressive loss of cognitive functions due to neuronal death mainly in the hippocampal and cortical brain.

  25. Microglial and peripheral immune priming is partially sexually dimorphic in adolescent mouse offspring exposed to maternal high-fat diet

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2020-09-05 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Animal work investigating the consequences of maternal high-fat diet (mHFD) revealed in the offspring a maternal immune activation (MIA) phenotype associated with increased inflammatory signals.

  26. Pharmacologically reversible zonation-dependent endothelial cell transcriptomic changes with neurodegenerative disease associations in the aged brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Nature communications 2020-09-04 Genetics

    The molecular signatures of cells in the brain have been revealed in unprecedented detail, yet the ageing-associated genome-wide expression changes that may contribute to neurovascular dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases remain elusive.

  27. The innate immunity protein IFITM3 modulates γ-secretase in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Nature 2020-09-02 Brain tissue and pathology

    Innate immunity is associated with Alzheimer's disease 1 , but the influence of immune activation on the production of amyloid-β is unknown 2,3 .

  28. Derivatives of diisopropyl phenoxyphosphate with controlled reactivity for enhancement of Acetylcholine (ACh) neurotransmitter

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 25 out of 100. Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences 2020-09-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Here, new phenoxide derivatives of diisopropyl flourophosphate for reaction with Lewis basic sites on acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) were designed.

  29. C9orf72 poly(GR) aggregation induces TDP-43 proteinopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2020-09-01 Caregiving

    TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) inclusions are a pathological hallmark of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), including cases caused by G 4 C 2 repeat expansions in the C9orf72 gene (c9FTD/ALS).

  30. Prenatal to early postnatal neurotrophic treatment prevents Alzheimer-like behavior and pathology in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2020-08-27 Biomarkers

    These findings suggest that neurotrophic impairment during early development can be one of the etiopathogenic factors of AD and that the neurotrophic peptide mimetic is a potential early prevention strategy for this disease.

  31. P2RX7 inhibitor suppresses exosome secretion and disease phenotype in P301S tau transgenic mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2020-08-18 Disease mechanisms

    The oral administration of P2RX7 inhibition mitigates disease phenotypes in P301S mice, likely by suppressing release of microglial exosomes.

  32. Local externalization of phosphatidylserine mediates developmental synaptic pruning by microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. The EMBO journal 2020-07-13 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Neuronal circuit assembly requires the fine balance between synapse formation and elimination.

  33. Neuroprotection Against Oxidative Stress: Phytochemicals Targeting TrkB Signaling and the Nrf2-ARE Antioxidant System

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 2020-07-02 Vascular contributions

    Oxidative stress (OS) plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of several brain-related disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases and ischemic stroke, which are the major causes of dementia.

  34. Distinct synovial tissue macrophage subsets regulate inflammation and remission in rheumatoid arthritis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Nature medicine 2020-06-29 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Immune-regulatory mechanisms of drug-free remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are unknown.

  35. Downregulation of synapse-associated protein expression and loss of homeostatic microglial control in cerebrospinal fluid of infectious patients with delirium and patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2020-06-24 Inflammation and the immune system

    Delirium is a complex and multifactorial condition associated with long-term cognitive decline.

  36. The Sigma-2 Receptor/TMEM97, PGRMC1, and LDL Receptor Complex Are Responsible for the Cellular Uptake of Aβ42 and Its Protein Aggregates

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2020-06-23 Disease mechanisms

    Our lab has recently shown that the Sigma-2 Receptor/Transmembrane Protein 97 (TMEM97) and Progesterone Receptor Membrane Component 1 (PGRMC1) form a complex with the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor (LDLR), and this intact complex is required for efficient uptake of lipoproteins such as LDL and apolipoprotein E (apoE).

  37. Therapeutic Effects of Transplanted Exosomes Containing miR-29b to a Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2020-06-18 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder with no definite treatment.

  38. Sialylation and Galectin-3 in Microglia-Mediated Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2020-06-09 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia are brain macrophages that mediate neuroinflammation and contribute to and protect against neurodegeneration.

  39. MK-8719, a Novel and Selective O-GlcNAcase Inhibitor That Reduces the Formation of Pathological Tau and Ameliorates Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model of Tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 2020-06-03 Disease mechanisms

    Deposition of hyperphosphorylated and aggregated tau protein in the central nervous system is characteristic of Alzheimer disease and other tauopathies.

  40. C9orf72 suppresses systemic and neural inflammation induced by gut bacteria

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Nature 2020-05-13 Caregiving

    A hexanucleotide-repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the most common genetic variant that contributes to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia 1,2 .

  41. Anti-depression effects of ketogenic diet are mediated via the restoration of microglial activation and neuronal excitability in the lateral habenula

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2020-05-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Depression is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder, of which the underlying pathological mechanisms remain unclear.

  42. Niche-Specific Reprogramming of Epigenetic Landscapes Drives Myeloid Cell Diversity in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Immunity 2020-05-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Tissue-resident and recruited macrophages contribute to both host defense and pathology.

  43. Ultrasensitive RT-QuIC assay with high sensitivity and specificity for Lewy body-associated synucleinopathies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2020-04-27 Getting a diagnosis

    The clinical diagnosis of synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA), is challenging, especially at an early disease stage, due to the heterogeneous and often non-specific clinical manifestations.

  44. Lactate and BDNF: Key Mediators of Exercise Induced Neuroplasticity?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of clinical medicine 2020-04-15 Prevention and risk

    Accumulating evidence from animal and human studies supports the notion that physical exercise can enhance neuroplasticity and thus reduce the risk of several neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., dementia).

  45. Neuronal BIN1 Regulates Presynaptic Neurotransmitter Release and Memory Consolidation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Cell reports 2020-03-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    BIN1, a member of the BAR adaptor protein family, is a significant late-onset Alzheimer disease risk factor.

  46. Novel monoclonal antibody 3B8 specifically recognizes pyroglutamate-modified amyloid β 3-42 peptide in brain of AD patients and 3xTg-AD transgenic mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Neuroscience letters 2020-02-27 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    In addition to the full-length beta-amyloid peptides (Aβ 1-40/42), several Aβ variants, truncated at their N- or C-termini and bearing different post-translational modifications, have been detected in the brain of Alzheimer´s disease (AD) patients.

  47. Organelle-specific autophagy in inflammatory diseases: a potential therapeutic target underlying the quality control of multiple organelles

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Autophagy 2020-02-12 Lewy body dementia

    Organelle-specific autophagy is one of the major subtypes of autophagy, selectively targeting different organelles for quality control.

  48. Upregulation of neuronal PGC-1α ameliorates cognitive impairment induced by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Theranostics 2020-02-03 Inflammation and the immune system

    Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress occur in vascular dementia (VaD), but the specific molecular mechanism regulating these events remains unclear.

  49. Despite undetectable TPI-287 levels in CSF, CSF biomarkers demonstrated decreased chitinase-3-like protein-1 (YKL-40) levels in the 4RT treatment arm (mean [SD], -8.4 [26.0] ng/mL) compared with placebo (mean [SD], 10.4 [42.3] ng/mL; median difference, -14.6 [95% CI, -30.0 to 0.2] ng/mL; P = .048, Mann-Whitney test).

  50. Elevated methylation levels, reduced expression levels, and frequent contractions in a clinical cohort of C9orf72 expansion carriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2020-01-30 Digital health tools

    In blood from C9orf72 expansion carriers, we found elevated methylation levels, reduced expression levels, and unstable expansions that tend to contract in successive generations, arguing against anticipation.

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