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ReviewAging2010

Unfolded p53 in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: is HIPK2 the link?

Serena Stanga, Cristina Lanni, Stefano Govoni, Daniela Uberti, Gabriella D'Orazi, Marco Racchi

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Review in Aging, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. HIPK2 in the physiology of nervous system and its implications in neurological disorders.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research · 2023
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  10. Mitochondria: A Galaxy in the Hematopoietic and Leukemic Stem Cell Universe.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  17. Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis.Current Alzheimer research · 2017
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Serena StangaDepartment of Experimental and Applied Pharmacology, Centre of Excellence in Applied Biology, University of Pavia, Italy.
Cristina Lanni
Stefano Govoni
Daniela Uberti
Gabriella D'Orazi
Marco Racchi
University of Pavia · ITUniversity of Brescia · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

p53 transcriptional activity depends mainly on posttranslational modifications and protein/protein interaction. Another important mechanism that controls p53 function is its conformational stability since p53 is an intrinsically unstable protein. An altered conformational state of p53, independent from point mutations, has been reported in tissues from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), leading to an impaired and dysfunctional response to stressors. Recent evidence shows that one of the activators that induces p53 posttranslational modification and wild-type conformational stability is homeodomain interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2). Hence, conditions that induce HIPK2 deregulation would result in a dysfunctional response to stressors by affecting p53 activity. Discovering the mechanisms of HIPK2 activation/inhibition and the ways to manipulate HIPK2 activity are an interesting option to affect several biological pathways, including those underlying AD. Soluble beta-amyloid peptides have recently been involved in HIPK2 degradation, in turn regulating the p53 conformational state and vulnerability to a noxious stimulus, before triggering the amyloidogenic cascade. Here we discuss about these findings and the potential relevance of HIPK2 as a target for AD and highlight the existence of a novel amyloid-based mechanism in AD potentially leading to the survival of injured dysfunctional cells.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesCarrier ProteinsHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesProtein FoldingProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Suppressor Protein p53Amyloid beta-PeptidesCarrier ProteinsHIPK2 protein, humanProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID20876941
PMCPMC2984604
OpenAlexW2143776090

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