The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in Alzheimer's disease: Current understanding and potential applications

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions of people, and its prevalence is expected to continue to grow in the older age population. It is characterized by cognitive impairment and dementia on the long term leading to a wide spectrum of social and financial burdens. Due to these burdens, there is a need to have a better understanding of the disease pathophysiology as well as to come up with more readily available and cost-effective screening tools to provide an acceptable estimate of the disease risk/diagnosis in the early years of the disease before dementia develops as it is in these early years that lifestyle modifications can be more effective in protecting against and delaying the frank cognitive impairment associated with AD.
Source: Journal of Neuroimmunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research