Inflammation and the degenerative diseases of aging

PL McGEER, EG McGEER - Annals of the New York Academy …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic inflammation is associated with a broad spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases of
aging. Included are such disorders as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Inflammation, antiinflammatory agents, and Alzheimer's disease: the last 22 years

PL McGeer, J Rogers… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Two basic discoveries spurred research into inflammation as a driving force in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The first was the identification of activated …

NSAIDs and Alzheimer disease: epidemiological, animal model and clinical studies

PL McGeer, EG McGeer - Neurobiology of aging, 2007 - Elsevier
This review reports correlations between four independent fields related to inflammation and
Alzheimer disease: fundamental pathology, epidemiology, transgenic animal studies and …

Inflammation, anti-inflammatory agents and Alzheimer disease: the last 12 years

PL McGeer, J Rogers… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2006 - content.iospress.com
Two basic discoveries have spurred research into inflammation as a driving force in the
pathology of Alzheimer disease (AD). The first was the identification of activated microglia in …

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and other anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of neurodegenerative disease

A Klegeris, PL McGeer - Current Alzheimer Research, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Inflammation is characteristic of a broad spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases. These
include Alzheimer's (AD), Parkinson's (PD), and Huntington's diseases, amyotrophic lateral …

Clinical aspects of inflammation in Alzheimer's disease

PB Rosenberg - International Review of Psychiatry, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In Alzheimer's disease (AD) there is increasing evidence that neurotoxicity is mediated by
CNS inflammatory processes. These processes involve activation of microglia by amyloid-β …

Inflammation, the complement system and the diseases of aging

EG McGeer, A Klegeris, PL McGeer - Neurobiology of aging, 2005 - Elsevier
Inflammation is characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases of aging. Neuropathological
evidence of activated microglia and activated astrocytes in lesioned areas, combined with …

Unregulated inflammation shortens human functional longevity

SA Brod - Inflammation Research, 2000 - Springer
Systemic inflammation, represented in large part by the production of pro-inflammatory
cytokines, is the response of humans to the assault of the non-self on the organism. Three …

Early and late CNS inflammation in Alzheimer's disease: two extremes of a continuum?

AC Cuello - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2017 - cell.com
In 1990 it was reported that individuals receiving NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs) showed a markedly reduced prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to the …

Proinflammatory cytokines, aging, and age-related diseases

M Michaud, L Balardy, G Moulis, C Gaudin… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Elsevier
Inflammation is a physiological process that repairs tissues in response to endogenous or
exogenous aggressions. Nevertheless, a chronic state of inflammation may have detrimental …