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ReviewNeuroscience bulletin2013

Combination of Aβ clearance and neurotrophic factors as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

Lian-Feng Lin, Min-Jing Liao, Xiao-Yan Xue, Wei Zhang, Li Yan, Liang Cai, Xiao-Wen Zhou, Xing Zhou, Huan-Min Luo

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Review in Neuroscience bulletin, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lian-Feng LinDepartment of Pharmacology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
Min-Jing Liao
Xiao-Yan Xue
Wei Zhang
Li Yan
Liang Cai
Xiao-Wen Zhou
Xing Zhou
Huan-Min Luo
Jinan University · CNGanzhou People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is no effective drug to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease affecting an estimated 30 million people around the world. Strongly supported by preclinical and clinical studies, amyloid-beta (Aβ) may be a target for developing drugs against AD. Meanwhile, the fact that localized neuronal death/loss and synaptic impairment occur in AD should also be considered. Neuronal regeneration, which does not occur normally in the mammalian central nervous system, can be promoted by neurotrophic factors (NTFs). Evidence from clinical trials has shown that both Aβ clearance and NTFs are potentially effective in treating AD, thus a new approach combining Aβ clearance and administration of NTFs may be an effective therapeutic strategy.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansMetabolic Clearance RateNerve Growth FactorsAmyloid beta-PeptidesNerve Growth Factors

Identifiers

PMID23179066
PMCPMC5561854
OpenAlexW1969982372

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Registered trials

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