作者
Richard C Chou, Michael Kane, Sanjay Ghimire, Shiva Gautam, Jiang Gui
发表日期
2016/11
期刊
CNS drugs
卷号
30
页码范围
1111-1120
出版商
Springer International Publishing
简介
Introduction
It is increasingly becoming accepted that inflammation may play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), as several immune-related genes have been associated with AD. Among these is tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, a proinflammatory cytokine known to play an important role in autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although AD and RA appear to involve similar pathological mechanisms through the production of TNF-α, the relationship between AD and RA remains unknown.
Objective
To determine the relative risk of AD among RA patients and non-RA patients, and whether anti-TNF therapy for RA was associated with a lower risk of AD in RA patients.
Methods
We performed a nested case-control study of more than 8.5 million commercially insured adults …
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