Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25144875›Full record

ReviewNeuron2014

More than cholesterol transporters: lipoprotein receptors in CNS function and neurodegeneration.

Courtney Lane-Donovan, Gary T Philips, Joachim Herz

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuron, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
95citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Courtney Lane-DonovanDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Gary T PhilipsDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Joachim HerzDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Departments of Neuroscience, Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. Electronic address: joachim.herz@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF LDL RECEPTOR PROMOTERP01HL020948 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI GOLDSTEIN, JOSEPH L · 1985 to 2021
$103.1M
Metabolism of the VLDL receptor and ApoE receptor 2R37HL063762 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HERZ, JOACHIM J · 2010 to 2019
$4.0M
METABOLISM OF THE VLDL RECEPTOR AND APOE RECEPTOR 2R01HL063762 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HERZ, JOACHIM J · 2000 to 2009
$3.1M
APO E Receptors and Modulation of Fast Axonal TransportR01NS043408 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HERZ, JOACHIM J · 2002 to 2006
$1.8M
Enhancing Progranulin Expression - a Therapy for Frontotemporal DementiaRC1NS068697 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FARESE, ROBERT V, HERZ, JOACHIM J · 2009 to 2010
$1000k
2014 Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Gordon Research Conference & Gordon ResearchR13AG047713 · NIA · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · PI HERZ, JOACHIM J · 2014 to 2014
$50k
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL020948NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL063762NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL063762NIA NIH HHS R13 AG047713NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS043408NINDS NIH HHS RC1 NS068697
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Members of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene family have a diverse set of biological functions that transcend lipid metabolism. Lipoprotein receptors have broad effects in both the developing and adult brain and participate in synapse development, cargo trafficking, and signal transduction. In addition, several family members play key roles in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis and neurodegeneration. This Review summarizes our current understanding of the role lipoprotein receptors play in CNS function and AD pathology, with a special emphasis on amyloid-independent roles in endocytosis and synaptic dysfunction.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsApolipoproteins ECentral Nervous SystemEndocytosisEndosomesHumansModels, NeurologicalNerve DegenerationNeurodegenerative DiseasesPeripheral Nervous SystemReceptors, LDLSynaptic TransmissionAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoproteins EReceptors, LDL

Identifiers

PMID25144875
PMCPMC4240629
OpenAlexW2044112693

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