Title | Re-Addressing Dementia by Network Medicine and Mechanism-Based Molecular Endotypes. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2023 |
Authors | Pachado, MPacheco, Casas, AI, Elbatreek, MH, Nogales, C, Guney, E, Espay, AJ, Schmidt, HHHW |
Journal | J Alzheimers Dis |
Volume | 96 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 47-56 |
Date Published | 2023 |
ISSN | 1875-8908 |
Keywords | Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Amyloid, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Brain, Humans |
Abstract | Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia are together a leading cause of disability and death in the aging global population, imposing a high personal, societal, and economic burden. They are also among the most prominent examples of failed drug developments. Indeed, after more than 40 AD trials of anti-amyloid interventions, reduction of amyloid-β (Aβ) has never translated into clinically relevant benefits, and in several cases yielded harm. The fundamental problem is the century-old, brain-centric phenotype-based definitions of diseases that ignore causal mechanisms and comorbidities. In this hypothesis article, we discuss how such current outdated nosology of dementia is a key roadblock to precision medicine and articulate how Network Medicine enables the substitution of clinicopathologic phenotypes with molecular endotypes and propose a new framework to achieve precision and curative medicine for patients with neurodegenerative disorders. |
DOI | 10.3233/JAD-230694 |
Alternate Journal | J Alzheimers Dis |
PubMed ID | 37742653 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC10657714 |
Grant List | R01 AG059417 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States U01 NS113851 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States R01 NS125294 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States |