Publications by authors named "J Lutshumba"
Background: Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) is a significant complication of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). This study profiled immune responses after aSAH and evaluated their association with DCI onset.
Methods: Twelve aSAH patients were enrolled.
Background And Purpose: The immune response changes during aging and the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia (ADRD). Terminally differentiated effector memory T cells (called T) are important during aging and AD due to their cytotoxic phenotype and association with cognitive decline. However, it is not clear if the changes seen in T are specific to AD-related cognitive decline specifically or are more generally correlated with cognitive decline.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: The immune response changes during aging and the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia (ADRD). Terminally differentiated effector memory T cells (called TEMRA) are important during aging and AD due to their cytotoxic phenotype and association with cognitive decline. However, it is not clear if the changes seen in T are specific to AD-related cognitive decline specifically or are more generally correlated with cognitive decline.
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- People with dementia experience increased brain inflammation linked to immune cells, but the effects on the systemic immune system are unclear.
- A study analyzed immune cells from older adults to determine if early cognitive impairment is associated with specific inflammatory cytokine patterns.
- Results showed that women with cognitive impairment had lower T17 cytokine levels after T-cell stimulation, indicating a potential early systemic change that may affect immunity in older adults.
Neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD) present with many challenges due to the heterogeneity of the related disease(s), making it difficult to develop effective treatments. Additionally, the progression of ADRD-related pathologies presents differently between men and women. With two-thirds of the population affected with ADRD being women, ADRD has presented itself with a bias toward the female population.
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