Background/aims: In liver surgery, total clamping of the portal triad (Pringle's procedure) is commonly used, and this sometimes causes liver failure. This study evaluated the effects of a free radical scavenger, MCI-186, on ischemia-reperfusion injury during liver resection in dogs.
Methodology: The experimental animals were divided into two groups. In the MCI group (n = 6), MCI-186 (6mg/kg/h) was administered twice, through a catheter placed in the right hepatic vein: the first time was from 0.5 hours before the onset of ischemia until ischemia by partial inflow occlusion, and the second was from 0.5-hours before reperfusion until reperfusion. In the control group (n = 6), vehicle (physiological saline) was administered in the same manner.
Results: The serum AST, ALT, and LDH levels were significantly (P < 0.05) lower in the MCI group than in the control group. Hepatic tissue blood flow 0.5 hours after reperfusion was significantly (P < 0.05) higher in the MCI group than in the control group. Histological tissue damage was mild, and tissue MDA levels were significantly (P < 0.05) lower in the MCI group than in the control group.
Conclusions: MCI-186 ameliorates the ischemia-reperfusion injury caused by Pringle's procedure during extended liver resection.
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Alzheimers Dement
January 2025
Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: The beneficial effects of amyloid beta 1-38, or Aβ(1-38), on Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression in humans in vivo remain controversial. We investigated AD patients' cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aβ(1-38) and AD progression.
Methods: Cognitive function and diagnostic change were assessed annually for 3 years in 177 Aβ-positive participants with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) longitudinal cognitive impairment and dementia study (DELCODE) cohort using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Preclinical Alzheimer's Cognitive Composite (PACC), Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), and National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke-Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (NINCDS-ADRDA) criteria.
J Alzheimers Dis
January 2025
Cognivue, Inc., Victor, NY, USA.
Background: Cognivue is an FDA-cleared computerized cognitive test to screen for cognitive impairment included in the Bio-Hermes Study to test blood-based and digital biomarkers' ability to screen for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). A subset of cognitively normal individuals have amyloid deposition (Preclinical AD) but no current assessment can identify these individuals in the absence of expensive biomarkers.
Objective: We examined differences in Cognivue performance between amyloid positive and amyloid negative individuals and whether Cognivue could differentiate True Controls (cognitively normal/amyloid negative), Preclinical AD (cognitively normal/amyloid positive), and MCI due to AD (MCI-AD, cognitively impaired/amyloid positive).
J Alzheimers Dis
January 2025
Comprehensive Center for Brain Health, Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Background: Declining physical functionality is an indicator of cognitive impairment, distinguishing normal cognition (NC) from dementia. Whether this extends to pre-dementia stages is unclear.
Objective: Assess physical performance patterns, evaluate relationships with imaging biomarkers, and identify specific measures distinguishing NC, subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
J Prev Alzheimers Dis
February 2025
Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China, 154 Anshan Road Tianjin 300052, PR China; Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Site, Tianjin 300052, PR China. Electronic address:
Background: Changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) may contribute to the initial stages of the pathophysiological process in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hypoperfusion has been observed in several brain regions in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, the clinical significance of CBF changes in the early stages of AD is currently unclear.
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February 2025
The ADNI is detailed in Supplemental Acknowledgments.
Background: α-Synuclein (α-Syn) pathology is present in 30-50 % of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, and its interactions with tau proteins may further exacerbate pathological changes in AD. However, the specific role of different aggregation forms of α-Syn in the progression of AD remains unclear.
Objectives: To explore the relationship between various aggregation types of CSF α-Syn and Alzheimer's disease progression.
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