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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2025

Linking Cerebral Malaria Pathogenesis to APOE-Mediated Amyloidosis: Observations and Hypothesis.

Mwikali Kioko, Shaban Mwangi, James M Njunge, James A Berkley, Philip Bejon, Abdirahman I Abdi

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Genetics and environmental determinants of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in older Africans: a narrative review.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mwikali KiokoBioscience Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-0744
Shaban MwangiBioscience Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
James M NjungeBioscience Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
James A BerkleyBioscience Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
Philip BejonBioscience Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
Abdirahman I AbdiBioscience Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya. aabdi@kemri-wellcome.org.

Funding

DELTAS Africa Initiative DEL-15-003EPA EP-C-15-003Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 203077/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 209289/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although most children with cerebral malaria fully recover, more than a fifth of the survivors develop post-discharge neurodevelopmental sequelae suggestive of advanced neuronal injury. However, the cerebral molecular processes initiating neurological dysfunction in cerebral malaria are still debatable. In this article, we explore available data and hypothesise that cerebral malaria might be linked to APOE-mediated amyloidosis, one of the pathological processes associated with Alzheimer's disease. If our hypothesis is tested and found to be true, it could have far-reaching implications for what we know about cerebral malaria pathogenesis.

Indexed as

AmyloidosisApolipoproteins EMalaria, CerebralModels, BiologicalAnimalsHumansApolipoproteins EAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid-betaAmyloidosisApolipoprotein ECerebral malariaPlasmodium falciparum

Identifiers

PMID39023792
PMCPMC11772498

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