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ReviewNeurobiology of aging2011

Epigenetic mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease.

Diego Mastroeni, Andrew Grover, Elaine Delvaux, Charisse Whiteside, Paul D Coleman, Joseph Rogers

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Review in Neurobiology of aging, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
108citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

108 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 253 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Perinatal S-Adenosylmethionine Supplementation RepressesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  18. The Role of Epigenetics in Neuroinflammatory-Driven Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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48 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Diego MastroeniBanner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ 85372, USA.
Andrew Grover
Elaine Delvaux
Charisse Whiteside
Paul D Coleman
Joseph Rogers
Banner Sun Health Research Institute · US

Funding

PRESENCE AND ROLE OF IMMUNE MARKERS IN ALZHEIMER'S BRAINR01AG007367 · NIA · SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ROGERS, JOSEPH B · 1988 to 2014
$3.3M
DNA methylation in Alzheimer?s disease and normally aged brainR01AG036400 · NIA · BANNER SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI COLEMAN, PAUL D · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
Alzheimer's disease: a blood diagnostic and biomarker of disease progressionR56AG007367 · NIA · BANNER SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ROGERS, JOSEPH B · 2010 to 2011
$594k
NIA NIH HHS AG 036400NIA NIH HHS AG07367-19NIA NIH HHS R01 AG036400NIA NIH HHS R56 AG007367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic modifications help orchestrate sweeping developmental, aging, and disease-causing changes in phenotype by altering transcriptional activity in multiple genes spanning multiple biologic pathways. Although previous epigenetic research has focused primarily on dividing cells, particularly in cancer, recent studies have shown rapid, dynamic, and persistent epigenetic modifications in neurons that have significant neuroendocrine, neurophysiologic, and neurodegenerative consequences. Here, we provide a review of the major mechanisms for epigenetic modification and how they are reportedly altered in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Because of their reach across the genome, epigenetic mechanisms may provide a unique integrative framework for the pathologic diversity and complexity of AD.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseEpigenesis, GeneticGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHistonesHumansHistones

Identifiers

PMID21482442
PMCPMC3115415
OpenAlexW2116030076

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