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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Interconnections between the Gut Microbiome and Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential.

Ahmad M Sait, Philip J R Day

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ahmad M SaitMedical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1698-5444
Philip J R DayDivision of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0130-4797

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that is known to accumulate amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau protein. Clinical studies have not identified pathogenesis mechanisms or produced an effective cure for AD. The Aβ monoclonal antibody lecanemab reduces Aβ plaque formation for the treatment of AD, but more studies are required to increase the effectiveness of drugs to reduce cognitive decline. The lack of AD therapy targets and evidence of an association with an acute neuroinflammatory response caused by several bacteria and viruses in some individuals has led to the establishment of the infection hypothesis during the last 10 years. How pathogens cross the blood-brain barrier is highly topical and is seen to be pivotal in proving the hypothesis. This review summarizes the possible role of the gut microbiome in the pathogenesis of AD and feasible therapeutic approaches and current research limitations.

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Alzheimer DiseaseGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierHumanstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-Peptidestau ProteinsAlzheimer’s disease (AD)gut microbiomelipopolysaccharide (LPS)short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)

Identifiers

PMID39201303
PMCPMC11354889

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