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Alzheimer’s disease: From basic science to precision medicine approach

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Forloni, Gianluigi·2020·BMJ Neurology Open

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Together with cerebral amyloid accumulation, several factors contribute to AD pathology including vascular alterations, systemic inflammation, genetic/epigenetic status and mitochondrial dysfunction. Much is now being devoted to neuroinflammation. However, anti-inflammatory drugs as numerous other therapies, mainly targeted on β-amyloid, have failed to show efficacious effects in AD. Timing, proper selection of patients, and the need for a multitarget approach appear to be the main weak points of current therapeutic efforts. The efficacy of a treatment could be better evaluate if efficient biomarkers are available. We propose here the application of precision medicine principles in AD to simultaneously verify the efficacy of a treatment and the reliability of specific biomarkers according to individually tailored biomarker-guided targeted therapies. People at risk of developing AD or in the very early phase of the disease should be stratified according to: (1) neuropsychological tests; (2) apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotyping; (3) biochemical analysis of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); (4) MRI and positron emission tomography and (5) assessment of their inflammatory profile by an integration of various genetic and biochemical parameters in plasma, CSF and an analysis of microbiota composition. The selected population should be treated with antiamyloidogenic and anti-inflammatory drugs in randomised, longitudinal, placebo-controlled studies using ad hoc profiles (eg, vascular profile, mitochondrial profile, etc…) If these criteria are adopted widely and the results shared, it may be possible to rapidly develop innovative and personalised drug treatment protocols with more realistic chances of being efficacious.

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Authors
Forloni, G.
Affiliations
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research (IT)
Corresponding author
Forloni, Gianluigi
Venue
BMJ Neurology Open
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2020-11
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
e000079
ISSN
2632-6140 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3105438448
Cited by
33
References
99
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 3
FWCI
0.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • BMJ Neurology Open (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Fondazione Italo Monzino, Milan, Italy
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, precision medicine, biomarkers, neuroinflammation, apolipoprotein E, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-amyloid therapy, mitochondrial dysfunction, vascular changes, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, plasma biomarkers, gut microbiota, patient stratification, multi-target therapy, early-stage dementia

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