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Inflammation and Alzheimer's disease.

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By better understanding AD inflammatory and immunoregulatory processes, it should be possible to develop anti-inflammatory approaches that may not cure AD but will likely help slow the progression or delay the onset of this devastating disorder.
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This article is published in Neurobiology of Aging.The article was published on 2000-05-01. It has received 4319 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Alzheimer's disease & Neuroinflammation.

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Amyloid-β: a chameleon walking in two worlds: a review of the trophic and toxic properties of amyloid-β

TL;DR: It is proposed that metal ion chelators, antioxidants, antiinflammatories and amyloid-lowering drugs that target the reduction of H2O2 and/or Aβ generation may be efficacious in decreasing neurotoxicity.
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Locus ceruleus degeneration promotes Alzheimer pathogenesis in amyloid precursor protein 23 transgenic mice.

TL;DR: The data demonstrate that the degeneration of LC affects morphology, metabolism, and function of amyloid plaque-containing higher brain regions in APP23 mice and postulate that LC degeneration substantially contributes to AD development.
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The relationship between oxidative/nitrative stress and pathological inclusions in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

TL;DR: It can be surmised that oxidative/nitrative stress, which is cooperatively influenced by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, and senescence, may be a link between these disorders.
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Role of p38 and p44/42 mitogen‐activated protein kinases in microglia

TL;DR: In vivo evidence is described implicating that p38 and p44/42 MAPKs may play a critical role in harmful microglial activation in acute brain injury, such as stroke, and in more chronic neurodegenerative diseases,such as Alzheimer's disease.
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Epigenetic Differences in Cortical Neurons from a Pair of Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Alzheimer's Disease

TL;DR: These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that epigenetic mechanisms may mediate at the molecular level the effects of life events on AD risk, and provide, for the first time, a potential explanation for AD discordance despite genetic similarities.
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Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis as a mechanism of action for aspirin-like drugs

TL;DR: Experiments with guinea-pig lung suggest that some of the therapeutic effects of sodium salicylate and aspirin-like drugs are due to inhibition of the synthesis of prostaglandins.
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TGF-beta signal transduction.

TL;DR: The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) family of growth factors control the development and homeostasis of most tissues in metazoan organisms and mutations in these pathways are the cause of various forms of human cancer and developmental disorders.
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An endotoxin-induced serum factor that causes necrosis of tumors

TL;DR: It is proposed that TNF mediates endotoxin-induced tumor necrosis, and that it may be responsible for the suppression of transformed cells by activated macrophages.
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Chemokines — Chemotactic Cytokines That Mediate Inflammation

TL;DR: This review introduces the burgeoning family of cytokines, with special emphasis on their role in the pathophysiology of disease and their potential as targets for therapy.
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An Antidiabetic Thiazolidinedione Is a High Affinity Ligand for Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ (PPARγ)

TL;DR: It is reported that thiazolidinediones are potent and selective activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily recently shown to function in adipogenesis, and raised the intriguing possibility that PPARγ is a target for the therapeutic actions of this class of compounds.
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