TY  - JOUR
A1  - Traub, Jan
A1  - Frey, Anna
A1  - Störk, Stefan
T1  - Chronic neuroinflammation and cognitive decline in patients with cardiac disease: evidence, relevance, and therapeutic implications
JF  - Life
N2  - Acute and chronic cardiac disorders predispose to alterations in cognitive performance, ranging from mild cognitive impairment to overt dementia. Although this association is well-established, the factors inducing and accelerating cognitive decline beyond ageing and the intricate causal pathways and multilateral interdependencies involved remain poorly understood. Dysregulated and persistent inflammatory processes have been implicated as potentially causal mediators of the adverse consequences on brain function in patients with cardiac disease. Recent advances in positron emission tomography disclosed an enhanced level of neuroinflammation of cortical and subcortical brain regions as an important correlate of altered cognition in these patients. In preclinical and clinical investigations, the thereby involved domains and cell types of the brain are gradually better characterized. Microglia, resident myeloid cells of the central nervous system, appear to be of particular importance, as they are extremely sensitive to even subtle pathological alterations affecting their complex interplay with neighboring astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, infiltrating myeloid cells, and lymphocytes. Here, we review the current evidence linking cognitive impairment and chronic neuroinflammation in patients with various selected cardiac disorders including the aspect of chronic neuroinflammation as a potentially druggable target.
KW  - neuroinflammation
KW  - cognitive impairment
KW  - dementia
KW  - myocardial infarction
KW  - heart failure
KW  - hypertension
KW  - coronary artery disease
KW  - atrial fibrillation
KW  - cardiac arrest
KW  - aortic valve stenosis
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-304869
SN  - 2075-1729
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
ER  -