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Central delivery of iodine-125–labeled cetuximab, etanercept and anakinra after perispinal injection in rats: possible implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease

Overview of attention for article published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, November 2015
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Title
Central delivery of iodine-125–labeled cetuximab, etanercept and anakinra after perispinal injection in rats: possible implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease
Published in
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13195-015-0149-7
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Megan E. Roerink, Rob JM Groen, Gerben Franssen, Bianca Lemmers-van de Weem, Otto C. Boerman, Jos WM van der Meer

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating condition, and the search for an effective treatment is ongoing. Inflammation, in reaction to amyloid deposition, is thought to accelerate cognitive decline. With tumor necrosis factor α being an important proinflammatory cytokine, a recent trial investigated the effect of the tumor necrosis factor α inhibitor etanercept after peripheral administration in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Although there was no significant effect, others have claimed spectacular effects of etanercept after perispinal injection. In the present study, the central delivery of drugs with a large molecular weight was evaluated after injection in the cervical perispinal region in rats. If successful, this strategy might increase therapeutic options for patients with Alzheimer's disease. Nine male Sprague-Dawley rats were given injections of iodine-125-labeled cetuximab (146 kDa), etanercept (51 kDa), and anakinra (17 kDa). Each radioiodinated drug was injected in the perispinal region in two rats and into the dorsal tail vein in one rat. Directly after injection, the rats were placed in a head-down position for 3 minutes to direct blood flow into the valveless vertebral venous system. A single-positron emission computed tomography scan was acquired starting 5 minutes after injection, subsequently the rats were euthanized and bio-distribution was determined.   Intracranial delivery of the radiolabeled drugs could not be visualized in all but one of the rats. Injected drugs accumulated locally in the perispinal region. In this study, no evidence could be found for the delivery of drugs to the central nervous system after perispinal injection. Additional research is needed before this treatment can be used in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 40 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 18%
Professor 6 15%
Student > Master 4 10%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 10 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 13%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 10%
Neuroscience 3 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Other 3 8%
Unknown 16 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 November 2015.
All research outputs
#2,137,633
of 22,832,057 outputs
Outputs from Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
#447
of 1,224 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#32,395
of 282,567 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
#16
of 18 outputs
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