Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is still a major public health challenge without an effective treatment to prevent or stop it. Routinely used acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine seem to slow disease progression on...Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is still a major public health challenge without an effective treatment to prevent or stop it. Routinely used acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine seem to slow disease progression only to a limited extend. Therefore, many investigations on new drugs and other treatment modalities are ongoing in close association with increasing knowledge of the pathophysiology of the disease. Here, we review the studies about the new treatment modalities in AD with a classification based on their main targets, specifically pathologic structures of the disease, amyloid and tau, neural network dysfunction with special interest to the regulation of gamma oscillations, and attempts for the restoration of neural tissue via regenerative medicine. Additionally, we describe the evolving modalities related to gut microbiota, modulation, microglial function, and glucose metabolism.展开更多
文摘目的分析tau蛋白、胶质纤维状酸性蛋白(glial fibrillary acidic protein,GFAP)以及抗β2糖蛋白1抗体(anti-β2 glycoprotein 1 antibody,aβ2-GP1)水平与高血压脑出血(hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage,HICH)患者预后的相关性。方法将70例HICH患者纳入研究组,另将同时期进行健康体检的70例人员纳入对照组。比较两组tau蛋白、GFAP以及aβ2-GP1水平。比较不同预后HICH患者tau蛋白、GFAP、aβ2-GP1水平和美国国立卫生院卒中量表(National Institute of Health Stroke Scale,NIHSS)评分;并分析HICH患者相关指标与NIHSS评分的相关性。使用受试者工作特征(receiver operation characteristic,ROC)曲线分析相关指标预测HICH患者不良预后的临床价值。结果与对照组比较,观察组tau蛋白、GFAP以及aβ2-GP1水平均较高(P<0.05)。预后不良的HICH患者tau蛋白、GFAP、aβ2-GP1水平和NIHSS评分均较高(P<0.05);相关指标与NIHSS评分均呈正相关(均P<0.05)。相关指标预测HICH患者预后不良的最佳临界值:tau蛋白≥258.15ng/L、GFAP≥16.15ng/L、aβ2-GP1≥18.35 RU/mL,此时ROC曲线下面积(area under the curve,AUC)为0.908(95%CI:0.828~0.988,P<0.05)、0.871(95%CI:0.781~0.961,P<0.05)、0.839(95%CI:0.728~0.949,P<0.05),敏感度为77.27%、77.27%、72.73%,特异度为97.92%、85.42%、89.58%。结论HICH患者tau蛋白、GFAP以及aβ2-GP1水平较高,神经损伤较重、预后不良的HICH患者相关指标更高,监测HICH患者tau蛋白、GFAP以及aβ2-GP1水平可用于不良预后的评估。
文摘Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is still a major public health challenge without an effective treatment to prevent or stop it. Routinely used acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine seem to slow disease progression only to a limited extend. Therefore, many investigations on new drugs and other treatment modalities are ongoing in close association with increasing knowledge of the pathophysiology of the disease. Here, we review the studies about the new treatment modalities in AD with a classification based on their main targets, specifically pathologic structures of the disease, amyloid and tau, neural network dysfunction with special interest to the regulation of gamma oscillations, and attempts for the restoration of neural tissue via regenerative medicine. Additionally, we describe the evolving modalities related to gut microbiota, modulation, microglial function, and glucose metabolism.
