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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine

Neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease and therapeutic opportunities.

Rossen Donev, Martin Kolev, Bruno Millet, Johannes Thome

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Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A Model for the Development of Alzheimer's Disease.Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2025
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  10. Extract ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  12. NLRP3 inflammasome in neurodegenerative disease.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2023
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  17. Discovery of a dual-action small molecule that improves neuropathological features of Alzheimer's disease mice.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rossen DonevDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Martin Kolev
Bruno Millet
Johannes Thome
Cardiff University · GBCentre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier · FRSwansea University · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0700102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 24 million people worldwide. A number of different risk factors have been implicated in AD; however, neuritic (amyloid) plaques are considered as one of the defining risk factors and pathological hallmarks of the disease. In the past decade, enormous efforts have been devoted to understand the genetics and molecular pathogenesis leading to neuronal death in AD, which has been transferred into extensive experimental approaches aimed at reversing disease progression. Modern medicine is facing an increasing number of treatments available for vascular and neurodegenerative brain diseases, but no causal or neuroprotective treatment has yet been established. Almost all neurological conditions are characterized by progressive neuronal dysfunction, which, regardless of the pathogenetic mechanism, finally leads to neuronal death. The particular emphasis of this review is on risk factors and mechanisms resulting in neuronal loss in AD and current and prospective opportunities for therapeutic interventions. This review discusses these issues with a view to inspiring the development of new agents that could be useful for the treatment of AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsCell DeathHumansNeurons

Identifiers

PMID19725918
PMCPMC4515050
OpenAlexW2063582425

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