Innate immune activation in neurodegenerative diseases

S Castro-Gomez, MT Heneka - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Activation of the innate immune system following pattern recognition receptor binding has
emerged as one of the major pathogenic mechanisms in neurodegenerative disease …

Neuroinflammatory pathways in the ALS-FTD continuum: A focus on genetic variants

F De Marchi, G Tondo, L Corrado, F Menegon, D Aprile… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal dementia (FDT) are progressive
neurodegenerative disorders that, in several cases, overlap in clinical presentation, and …

Blood inflammation relates to neuroinflammation and survival in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

M Malpetti, P Swann, KA Tsvetanov, L Chouliaras… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Neuroinflammation is an important pathogenic mechanism in many neurodegenerative
diseases, including those caused by frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Postmortem …

Fibrin-Targeting Immunotherapy for Dementia

AB Kantor, K Akassoglou, JB Stavenhagen - The Journal of Prevention of …, 2023 - Springer
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption is an early event in the development of Alzheimer's
disease. It precedes extracellular deposition of amyloid-β in senile plaques and blood …

Targeting Progranulin as an Immuno-Neurology Therapeutic Approach

MA Boylan, A Pincetic, G Romano, N Tatton… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Immuno-neurology is an emerging therapeutic strategy for dementia and neurodegeneration
designed to address immune surveillance failure in the brain. Microglia, as central nervous …

PET Imaging to Measure Neuroinflammation In Vivo

M Malpetti, N Franzmeier, M Brendel - Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease …, 2024 - Springer
This paper provides an overview of the role of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease
and other neurodegenerative diseases, highlighting the potential of anti-inflammatory …

Genome-wide analyses reveal a potential role for the MAPT, MOBP, and APOE loci in sporadic frontotemporal dementia

C Manzoni, DA Kia, R Ferrari, G Leonenko… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the second most common cause of early-onset dementia
after Alzheimer disease (AD). Efforts in the field mainly focus on familial forms of disease …

In vivo diagnosis of TDP-43 proteinopathies: in search of biomarkers of clinical use

JI López-Carbonero, I García-Toledo… - Translational …, 2024 - Springer
TDP-43 proteinopathies are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders that
share the presence of aberrant, misfolded and mislocalized deposits of the protein TDP-43 …

Preclinical characterization of [18F]D2-LW223: an improved metabolically stable PET tracer for imaging the translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) in …

K Liao, J Chen, J Ma, C Dong, C Bi, Y Gao… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2024 - nature.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) targeting translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) can be
used for the noninvasive detection of neuroinflammation. Improved in vivo stability of a …

Correlates of Functional Impairment in Patients with the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia: A PRISMA-Compliant Systematic Review

E Chatzidimitriou, P Ioannidis, E Aretouli… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) has a devastating effect on
multiple domains of daily living. The purpose of this PRISMA-compliant systematic review is …