PET imaging of neuroinflammation in neurological disorders

WC Kreisl, MJ Kim, JM Coughlin, ID Henter… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
A growing need exists for reliable in-vivo measurement of neuroinflammation to better
characterise the inflammatory processes underlying various diseases and to inform the …

PET imaging of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

R Zhou, B Ji, Y Kong, L Qin, W Ren, Y Guan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation play an important role in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. Advances in
molecular imaging using positron emission tomography have provided insights into the time …

Microglial activation and tau propagate jointly across Braak stages

TA Pascoal, AL Benedet, NJ Ashton, MS Kang… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Compelling experimental evidence suggests that microglial activation is involved in the
spread of tau tangles over the neocortex in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We tested the …

Neuroinflammation is independently associated with brain network dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

F Leng, R Hinz, S Gentleman, A Hampshire… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Brain network dysfunction is increasingly recognised in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However,
the causes of brain connectivity disruption are still poorly understood. Recently …

APOEε4 associates with microglial activation independently of Aβ plaques and tau tangles

JP Ferrari-Souza, FZ Lussier, DT Leffa, J Therriault… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Animal studies suggest that the apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE ε4) allele is a culprit of early
microglial activation in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we tested the association between …

Glial cells in Alzheimer's disease: From neuropathological changes to therapeutic implications

MS Uddin, LW Lim - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that usually develops slowly and
progressively worsens over time. Although there has been increasing research interest in …

Microglial activation and tau burden predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

M Malpetti, RA Kievit, L Passamonti, PS Jones… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Tau pathology, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration are key aspects of Alzheimer's
disease. Understanding whether these features predict cognitive decline, alone or in …

Neuroimmune contributions to Alzheimer's disease: a focus on human data

V Haage, PL De Jager - Molecular Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The past decade has seen the convergence of a series of new insights that arose from
genetic and systems analyses of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with a wealth of epidemiological …

Imaging neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders

JC Masdeu, B Pascual, M Fujita - Journal of nuclear medicine, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
Neuroinflammation plays a major role in the etiopathology of neurodegenerative diseases,
including Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and …

Neuroinflammation PET imaging of the translocator protein (TSPO) in Alzheimer's disease: an update

D Gouilly, L Saint‐Aubert, MJ Ribeiro… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroinflammation is a significant contributor to Alzheimer's disease (AD). Until now, PET
imaging of the translocator protein (TSPO) has been widely used to depict the neuroimmune …