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Evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of statins in slowing cognitive decline and reducing risk in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

February 17, 2017Alzheimer s Research & TherapyOpen Access

Evidence for benefit of statins to modify cognitive decline and risk in Alzheimer’s disease

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NGNophar GeifmanUniversity of Surrey RBRoberta Dı́az BrintonUniversity of Southern California RKRichard KennedyUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

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Clinical investigation reveals statin therapy reduces cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, suggesting enhanced therapeutic efficacy in ApoE4 homozygotes.

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Evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of statins in slowing cognitive decline and reducing risk in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Assessed cognitive outcomes and therapeutic response associated with statin use in individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Stratified treatment response by genetic profile, specifically evaluating patients homozygous for the ApoE4 allele.
Statin use demonstrates therapeutic benefit in mitigating cognitive decline across all evaluated Alzheimer's disease patients.
Greater therapeutic efficacy is observed in patients homozygous for the ApoE4 risk allele compared to non-homozygous carriers.

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Geifman et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dad6944a1e15904c83674e https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-017-0237-y

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Clinical investigation reveals statin therapy reduces cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, suggesting enhanced therapeutic efficacy in ApoE4 homozygotes.

Evidence for benefit of statins to modify cognitive decline and risk in Alzheimer’s disease

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Evidence for benefit of statins to modify cognitive decline and risk in Alzheimer’s disease

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