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Background: Apolipoprotein ε4 allele (APOE4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) with females having higher risk than males. Compared with non-carriers, cognitively normal, middle-aged APOE4 carriers have lower cerebral blood flow (CBF) decades before clinical symptoms appear. Early intervention to protect CBF would be critical for APOE4 carriers to mitigate AD progression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Apolipoprotein ε4 allele (APOE4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). Compared with non-carriers, cognitively normal APOE4 individuals have shown brain atrophy and lower cerebral blood flow (CBF) decades before AD pathological and clinical symptoms appear. The goal of the study is to determine if using Sirolimus, an FDA-approved mTOR inhibitor, could restore the brain volumes in structures related to cognitive functions and global CBF (gCBF) for asymptomatic APOE4 carriers compared with non-carriers.
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January 2025
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China.
The objective of this paper is to construct a follow-up cohort of medical x-ray workers and analyze the risk estimates of radiation-induced carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic diseases induced by chronic low-dose ionizing radiation exposure in the follow-up cohort. A fixed cohort study was used. A total of 159 medical x-ray workers working in radiology departments of hospitals in Gansu Province from 1950 to 1980 were selected as the radiology group, and 149 medical workers in internal medicine, surgery, and other departments who had not engaged in radiology work at the same hospital were selected as the control group.
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December 2024
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Background: Evidence from epidemiological and clinical studies of the effect of anti-inflammatory medication on dementia risk has been mixed. Over the past two decades there has been recurring epidemiological evidence that the use of NSAID's for chronic inflammatory conditions is associated with a lower incidence of dementia.
Method: Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (CFAS) undertook baseline interviews in populations aged 65+ years in England and Wales (1989-1994).
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Background: The deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques is a classical neuropathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Currently, it is believed that intermediate products of the Aβ fibrillogenesis process, like the β-amyloid oligomers (AβOs), are the most toxic forms, and are involved in neurodegenerative processes in AD. The evaluation of cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with β-amyloid plaque deposition using [F]FDG-PET has been used as a marker of neurodegeneration in AD.
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