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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2010

Inflammatory, apoptotic, and survival gene signaling in Alzheimer's disease. A review on the bioactivity of neuroprotectin D1 and apoptosis.

Walter J Lukiw, Nicolas G Bazan

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Walter J LukiwLSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence and Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2020 Gravier Street, Suite 904, New Orleans, LA 70112-2272, USA. wlukiw@lsuhsc.edu
Nicolas G Bazan
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is associated with an enhanced susceptibility to brain dysfunction, loss of memory, and cognitive decline and significantly influences the quality of life for the affected individual. Recent molecular-genetic approaches have provided powerful insights into common age-related diseases that are both progressive and multifactorial, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), and in vitro in AD models. These investigations have uncovered consistent deficits in brain gene signaling mechanisms and neurotrophic substances known to contribute to normal brain function. Inflammatory signaling pathways involving up-regulation of cytosolic phospholipase A(2) and the arachidonic acid cycle, the depletion of the brain-essential fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and DHA-derived neuroprotectin D1, and changes in the expression of key proapoptotic and antiapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 gene family are thought to be major contributors to pathogenic processes in degenerating brain tissue. This review will focus on the roles of stress genes, apoptosis-related genes, and inflammation in the molecular genetics of AD with emphasis on the interactive nature of inflammatory, neurotrophic, and apoptotic signaling and will highlight areas of rapid progress in the characterization of action of DHA and neuroprotectin D1 and address important research challenges. We also attempt to integrate these molecular, genetic, and neurochemical changes with cellular pathways involved in brain aging to formulate an integrated understanding of multifactorial age-related neurologic disease and pharmacotherapeutic strategies that may be useful in the restoration of homeostatic brain function.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsApoptosisCell SurvivalDocosahexaenoic AcidsHumansInflammationSignal TransductionDocosahexaenoic Acidsprotectin D1

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PMID20414817
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