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ReviewPharmacological research2010

HDAC inhibitors and neurodegeneration: at the edge between protection and damage.

Karen C Dietz, Patrizia Casaccia

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Review in Pharmacological research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
76citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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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

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen C DietzDepartment of Neuroscience and Genetics & Genomics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1065, New York, NY 10029, United States.
Patrizia Casaccia
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

Histone deacetylation in oligodendrocyte differentiationR01NS042925 · NINDS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI CASACCIA, PATRIZIA · 2003 to 2011
$3.9M
NINDS NIH HHS 3R01NS042925-07S1NINDS NIH HHS NIH-R01NS042925-07NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) as a therapeutic tool for neurodegenerative disorders has been examined with great interest in the last decade. The functional response to treatment with broad-spectrum inhibitors however, has been heterogeneous: protective in some cases and detrimental in others. In this review we discuss potential underlying causes for these apparently contradictory results. Because HDACs are part of repressive complexes, the functional outcome has been characteristically attributed to enhanced gene expression due to increased acetylation of lysine residues on nucleosomal histones. However, it is important to take into consideration that the up-regulation of diverse sets of genes (i.e. pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic) may orchestrate different responses in diverse cell types. An alternative possibility is that broad-spectrum pharmacological inhibition may target nuclear or cytosolic HDAC isoforms, with distinct non-histone substrates (i.e. transcription factors; cytoskeletal proteins). Thus, for any given neurological disorder, it is important to take into account the effect of HDACIs on neuronal, glial and inflammatory cells and define the relative contribution of distinct HDAC isoforms to the pathological process. This review article addresses how opposing effects on distinct cell types may profoundly influence the overall therapeutic potential of HDAC inhibitors when investigating treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.

Indexed as

Histone Deacetylase InhibitorsNeuroprotective AgentsAnimalsHistone DeacetylasesHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeurogliaNeuronsT-LymphocytesTreatment OutcomeHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistone DeacetylasesNeuroprotective Agents

Identifiers

PMID20123018
PMCPMC2871984
OpenAlexW2162739635

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