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ReviewProteomics. Clinical applications2014

Unraveling the complexity of neurodegeneration in brains of subjects with Down syndrome: insights from proteomics.

Marzia Perluigi, Fabio Di Domenico, D Allan Buttterfield

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Review in Proteomics. Clinical applications, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Risk of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: Insights gained by multi-omics.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  8. The Impact of Oxidative Stress on Pediatrics Syndromes.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  11. MultimodalFrontiers in medicine · 2022
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  13. Astrocytes in Down Syndrome Across the Lifespan.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021
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  14. The Dysregulation of OGT/OGA Cycle Mediates Tau and APP Neuropathology in Down Syndrome.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marzia Perluigi
Fabio Di Domenico
D Allan Buttterfield
Sapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Support Grant ECIA SupplementP30CA177558 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI KATHLEEN L. O'CONNOR · 2013 to 2026
$38.3M
TROPIC, CHOLINERGIC AND PATHOLOGIC CHANGES IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASEP01AG005119 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI ST CLAIR, DARET K · 1985 to 2012
$15.4M
ROLE OF CALCIUM, CALPAINS, AND CASPASES IN NEURODEGENERATIONP01AG010836 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI LANDFIELD, PHILIP W. · 1992 to 2008
$12.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA177558NIA NIH HHS AG-05119NIA NIH HHS P01 AG005119NIA NIH HHS P01 AG010836
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most common genetic causes of intellectual disability characterized by multiple pathological phenotypes, among which neurodegeneration is a key feature. The neuropathology of DS is complex and likely results from impaired mitochondrial function, increased oxidative stress, and altered proteostasis. After the age of 40 years, many (most) DS individuals develop a type of dementia that closely resembles that of Alzheimer's disease with deposition of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. A number of studies demonstrated that increased oxidative damage, accumulation of damaged/misfolded protein aggregates, and dysfunction of intracellular degradative systems are critical events in the neurodegenerative processes. This review summarizes the current knowledge that demonstrates a “chronic” condition of oxidative stress in DS pointing to the putative molecular pathways that could contribute to accelerate cognition and memory decline. Proteomics and redox proteomics studies are powerful tools to unravel the complexity of DS phenotypes, by allowing to identifying protein expression changes and oxidative PTMs that are proved to be detrimental for protein function. It is reasonable to suggest that changes in the cellular redox status in DS neurons, early from the fetal period, could provide a fertile environment upon which increased aging favors neurodegeneration. Thus, after a critical age, DS neuropathology can be considered a human model of early Alzheimer's disease and could contribute to understanding the overlapping mechanisms that lead from normal aging to development of dementia.

Indexed as

AgingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAlzheimer DiseaseAmniotic FluidAnimalsBiomarkersBrainDementiaDown SyndromeFemaleHumansMaleNerve DegenerationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsOxidative StressBiomarkersNerve Tissue ProteinsProteasome Endopeptidase Complex

Identifiers

PMID24259517
PMCPMC3965623
OpenAlexW2085454520

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