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ReviewActa pharmacologica Sinica2011

CaMKII in cerebral ischemia.

Steven J Coultrap, Rebekah S Vest, Nicole M Ashpole, Andy Hudmon, K Ulrich Bayer

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In one paragraph

Review in Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 146 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Steven J CoultrapDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver-School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Rebekah S Vest
Nicole M Ashpole
Andy Hudmon
K Ulrich Bayer
University of Colorado Denver · USIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USIndiana University School of Medicine

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN PHARMACOLOGYT32GM007635 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI DELL'ACQUA, MARK L · 1985 to 2023
$6.1M
Structural and Catalytic Functions of CaMKII in NeuronsR01NS052644 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI BAYER, K. ULRICH · 2007 to 2011
$1.7M
CaMKII in Neuronal ExcitotoxicityF31NS061584 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI VEST, REBEKAH S · 2008 to 2010
$71k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007635NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM007635NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS061584NINDS NIH HHS F31NS061584NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052644NINDS NIH HHS R01NS052644
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ischemic insults on neurons trigger excessive, pathological glutamate release that causes Ca²⁺ overload resulting in neuronal cell death (excitotoxicity). The Ca²⁺/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a major mediator of physiological excitatory glutamate signals underlying neuronal plasticity and learning. Glutamate stimuli trigger autophosphorylation of CaMKII at T286, a process that makes the kinase "autonomous" (partially active independent from Ca²⁺ stimulation) and that is required for forms of synaptic plasticity. Recent studies suggested autonomous CaMKII activity also as potential drug target for post-insult neuroprotection, both after glutamate insults in neuronal cultures and after focal cerebral ischemia in vivo. However, CaMKII and other members of the CaM kinase family have been implicated in regulation of both neuronal death and survival. Here, we discuss past findings and possible mechanisms of CaM kinase functions in excitotoxicity and cerebral ischemia, with a focus on CaMKII and its regulation.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBrainBrain IschemiaCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Glutamic AcidHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataNeuroprotective AgentsProtein Kinase InhibitorsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Glutamic AcidNeuroprotective AgentsProtein Kinase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID21685929
PMCPMC3846291
OpenAlexW2003242423

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