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ReviewBiomolecules2014

Effect of metals on kinetic pathways of amyloid-β aggregation.

Francis Hane, Zoya Leonenko

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Review in Biomolecules, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Zinc Toxicity: Understanding the Limits.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  9. Role of TPEN in Amyloid-βMolecular neurobiology · 2023
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  19. Molecular mechanism of zinc neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francis HaneDepartment of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada. francishane@gmail.com.
Zoya LeonenkoDepartment of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada. zleonenk@uwaterloo.ca.
University of Waterloo · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal ions, including copper and zinc, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease through a variety of mechanisms including increased amyloid-β affinity and redox effects. Recent reports have demonstrated that the amyloid-β monomer does not necessarily travel through a definitive intermediary en-route to a stable amyloid fibril structure. Rather, amyloid-β misfolding may follow a variety of pathways resulting in a fibrillar end-product or a variety of oligomeric end-products with a diversity of structures and sizes. The presence of metal ions has been demonstrated to alter the kinetic pathway of the amyloid-β peptide which may lead to more toxic oligomeric end-products. In this work, we review the contemporary literature supporting the hypothesis that metal ions alter the reaction pathway of amyloid-β misfolding leading to more neurotoxic species.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansKineticsMetalsProtein AggregatesProtein FoldingAmyloid beta-PeptidesMetalsProtein Aggregates

Identifiers

PMID24970207
PMCPMC4030978
OpenAlexW2099601792

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