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ReviewEuropean biophysics journal : EBJ2008

Neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease: is covalently crosslinked A beta responsible?

Ryan Naylor, Andrew F Hill, Kevin J Barnham

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Review in European biophysics journal : EBJ, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Interaction between amyloid-β pathology and cortical functional columnar organization.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2012
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Pharmacotherapeutic targets in Alzheimer's disease.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2009
    Review
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ryan NaylorDepartment of Pathology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
Andrew F Hill
Kevin J Barnham
University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and is characterised by extracellular amyloid plaques composed of the beta-amyloid peptide (A beta). However, disease progression has been shown to correlate more closely with the level of soluble A beta oligomers. Recent evidence suggests that these oligomers are covalently crosslinked, possibly due to the interaction of A beta with redox-active metal ions. These findings offer new avenues for the treatment and prevention of disease, by modulating metal binding or preventing the formation of neurotoxic A beta oligomers.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsCopperDimerizationHumansOxidation-ReductionPeptide FragmentsPlaque, AmyloidStatic ElectricityAmyloid beta-PeptidesCopperPeptide Fragments

Identifiers

PMID18064449
OpenAlexW2135731627

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