Antibodies in neurological diseases: Established, emerging, explorative

LY Li, A Keles, MA Homeyer, H Prüss - Immunological reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Within a few years, autoantibodies targeting the nervous system resulted in a novel disease
classification. For several of them, which we termed 'established', direct pathogenicity has …

MAD—microbial (origin of) Alzheimer's disease hypothesis: from infection and the antimicrobial response to disruption of key copper-based systems

JH Min, H Sarlus, RA Harris - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Microbes have been suspected to cause Alzheimer's disease since at least 1908, but this
has generally remained unpopular in comparison to the amyloid hypothesis and the …

[HTML][HTML] Infectious Disease as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Dementia: A Narrative Review

TJ Farrer, JD Moore, M Chase, SD Gale, DW Hedges - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
This narrative review examines infectious diseases as modifiable risk factors for dementia,
particularly in the context of an aging global population. As the prevalence of Alzheimer's …

Current status of immunisation for herpes zoster

AL Cunningham, KJ Sandgren… - Human Vaccines & …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Herpes zoster (HZ) is increasingly common in the aging and is experienced by
approximately one in three people in their lifetime. It is also relatively common in immune …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of herpes zoster vaccination at different stages of the disease course of dementia: Two quasi-randomized studies

M **e, M Eyting, C Bommer, H Ahmed… - medRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The varicella zoster virus, a neurotropic herpesvirus, has been hypothesized to play a role in
the pathophysiology of dementia, such as through neuroinflammatory processes or …

Recombinant zoster vaccine and the risk of dementia

E Tang, I Ray, BF Arnold, NR Acharya - Vaccine, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Herpes zoster is a potential risk factor for dementia. The effectiveness of the
recombinant zoster vaccine for preventing dementia is uncertain. Methods This retrospective …

Enhancing longevity: the additional benefits of vaccination in older adults

M Woodward - Microbiology Australia, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Vaccination of older people (over age 60) reduces the impact of some preventable microbial
diseases but has additional benefits including reducing cancer, reducing dementia and …

A couple of words about the shingles vaccine: a novelty in the Polish doctor's office

Z Cudziło, H Sawczuk, WE Nowak… - Forum …, 2025 - journals.viamedica.pl
Herpes zoster is caused by the reactivation of a primary infection of the varicella-zoster virus.
It is particularly common among older individuals, with estimates suggesting that one in …

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[HTML][HTML] Shingles vaccine can reduce risk of dementia in California seniors

M Simpson - local.newsbreak.com
A new study published in a peer-reviewed journal concludes that the shingles vaccine can
significantly reduce the risk of dementia in California seniors. This supports a previous study …