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Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Real-World data platforms for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) offer a unique opportunity to improve health equity through better understanding of health disparities and inclusivity in research, which is critical to translatability of research findings. AD research in the US and globally remains largely inaccessible to many individuals due to individual-level, study-level, investigator-level and larger systemic barriers. ALZ-NET, a US-based registry to evaluate longitudinal outcomes of patients being evaluated for or treated with novel FDA-approved AD therapy, and New IDEAS, an observational US-based longitudinal study of amyloid PET clinical utility, both offer opportunities for examining care, inclusivity, and disparities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Neuroinflammation is a critical factor of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Dysregulation of complement leads to excessive inflammation, direct damage to self-cells and propagation of injury. This is likely of particular relevance in the brain where inflammation is poorly tolerated and brain cells are vulnerable to direct damage by complement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the brain as in other organs, complement contributes to immune defence and housekeeping to maintain homeostasis. Sources of complement may include local production by brain cells and influx from the periphery, the latter severely restricted by the blood brain barrier (BBB) in healthy brain. Dysregulation of complement leads to excessive inflammation, direct damage to self-cells and propagation of injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Background: Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is characterized by the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) as well as Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology, which includes the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aß) in plaques and phosphorylated tau in tangles, leading to neurodegeneration, cognitive loss and dementia. In DLB and other synucleinopathies, α-syn oligomers and proto-fibrils are thought to be mechanistically linked to the pathogenic neurodegenerative process. AD and related disorders (ADRD) are leading causes of dementia in the aging population and although new approaches are being tested, to date no disease-modifying therapies are available.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Background: Despite an increasing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among Black older adults, large disparities remain in early diagnosis, treatment, and support service referral. Further, services intended to support family caregivers are typically designed around older adult spousal caregivers with little consideration to the wide diversity of families affected by dementia. This qualitative descriptive study examined the caregiving experiences of Black relatives of persons with dementia with the aim of informing the development of more culturally responsive support programming.
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