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ReviewNeurochemical research2012

Functional roles of gangliosides in neurodevelopment: an overview of recent advances.

Robert K Yu, Yi-Tzang Tsai, Toshio Ariga

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Review in Neurochemical research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

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100citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 193 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sphingolipids in Emotional Well-Being.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026
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  2. LC-MS-Based Analytical Strategies for Ganglioside Profiling.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  6. Ganglioside Profiling Uncovers Distinct Patterns in High-Risk Neuroblastoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. The role of lipid metabolism in cognitive impairment.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2025
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  15. Ganglioside GM1 and the Central Nervous System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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40 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert K YuInstitute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and Institute of Neuroscience, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. ryu@georgiahealth.edu
Yi-Tzang Tsai
Toshio Ariga
Augusta University · USAugusta University Health · US

Funding

Spingoglycolipids of normal and pathological brainsR01NS011853 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YU, ROBERT K. · 1985 to 2010
$3.5M
ROLE OF GLYCOLIPIDS IN EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPATHYR01NS026994 · NINDS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI YU, ROBERT K. · 1988 to 2012
$3.3M
NINDS NIH HHS NS11853-36NINDS NIH HHS NS26994-21NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS011853NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS026994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gangliosides are sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids that are most abundant in the nervous system. They are localized primarily in the outer leaflets of plasma membranes and participated in cell-cell recognition, adhesion, and signal transduction and are integral components of cell surface microdomains or lipid rafts along with proteins, sphingomyelin and cholesterol. Ganglioside-rich lipid rafts play an important role in signaling events affecting neural development and the pathogenesis of certain diseases. Disruption of gangloside synthase genes in mice induces developmental defects and neural degeneration. Targeting ganglioside metabolism may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for intervention in certain diseases. In this review, we focus on recent advances on metabolic and functional studies of gangliosides in normal brain development and in certain neurological disorders.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalEpigenesis, GeneticGangliosidesGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGlycosyltransferasesGuillain-Barre SyndromeHumansHuntington DiseaseMiceMice, KnockoutNerve DegenerationNeural Stem CellsNeurodegenerative DiseasesGangliosidesGlycosyltransferases

Identifiers

PMID22410735
PMCPMC3895947
OpenAlexW1997739354

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