New insights into the impact of neuro-inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. [PDF]
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered to be, in many respects, an archetypal autoimmune disease that causes activation of pro-inflammatory pathways resulting in joint and systemic inflammation.
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Cognitive decline is a common pathological outcome during aging, with an ill‐defined molecular and cellular basis. In recent years, the concept of inflammaging, defined as a low‐grade inflammation increasing with age, has emerged.
Pierre Lemaitre +10 more
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First-in-Human Phase I Study to Evaluate the Brain-Penetrant PI3K/mTOR Inhibitor GDC-0084 in Patients with Progressive or Recurrent High-Grade Glioma. [PDF]
PurposeGDC-0084 is an oral, brain-penetrant small-molecule inhibitor of PI3K and mTOR. A first-in-human, phase I study was conducted in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma.Patients and methodsGDC-0084 was administered orally, once daily, to ...
Cloughesy, Timothy F +11 more
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Missense-depleted regions in population exomes implicate ras superfamily nucleotide-binding protein alteration in patients with brain malformation. [PDF]
Genomic sequence interpretation can miss clinically relevant missense variants for several reasons. Rare missense variants are numerous in the exome and difficult to prioritise. Affected genes may also not have existing disease association.
Dumas, Kevin +13 more
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Simultaneous Matrix Diagonalization for Structural Brain Networks Classification
This paper considers the problem of brain disease classification based on connectome data. A connectome is a network representation of a human brain. The typical connectome classification problem is very challenging because of the small sample size and ...
A Kurkumov +13 more
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Human microglial cells synthesize albumin in brain [PDF]
Albumin has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease since it can bind to and transport amyloid beta, the causative agent; albumin is also a potent inhibitor of amyloid beta polymerization.
Bonghee Lee +9 more
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T elling me that I have a brain disease and that I should take medication does not solve my problems. When I was first given the label of “psychotic,” I’m not sure it really mattered to me what had caused it. What I heard was you telling me that I had a chronic disease.
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Activity of eribulin mesylate in brain metastasis from breast cancer. a stone in a pond? [PDF]
Background: Brain metastases develop in approximately 10-25% of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and are associated with a very poor prognosis.
Catania, G. +5 more
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Gene Therapy Tools for Brain Diseases
Neurological disorders affecting the central nervous system (CNS) are still incompletely understood. Many of these disorders lack a cure and are seeking more specific and effective treatments.
Selene Ingusci +7 more
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The Degeneration of the Human Mind: An Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease, A Kuhnian Perspective [PDF]
In 1906, a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, specifically identified a collection of brain cell abnormalities (and the formation of plaque in the brain) as a disease, which forever changed the way scientists view degenerative cognitive disorders ...
Ilg, Genevieve
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