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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2015

Exploring the association between interleukin-1β and its interacting proteins in Alzheimer's disease.

Lushuang Xie, Yu Lai, Fang Lei, Sujuan Liu, Ran Liu, Tinghua Wang

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lushuang XieDepartment of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Yu LaiDepartment of Histology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, P.R. China.
Fang LeiDepartment of Physiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Sujuan LiuDepartment of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Ran LiuDepartment of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Tinghua WangDepartment of Histology and Neurobiology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Sichuan University · CNChengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-associated progressive neurodegenerative disorder which is of clinical concern. The association between the nervous and immune system is defined as an neuroimmunological theory that supports a model of pathology or treatment for AD. Interleukin (IL)-1β has a pro-inflammatory function in AD; however, the mechanism of its dysregulation in AD remains unknown. It is therefore of significance to understand the molecular mechanisms of IL-1β and how it may regulate AD. Proteins, which have been previously reported to be associated with IL-1β in AD, have been used in the present study as nodes to illustrate a net of protein interaction in Cytoscape. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes was used to further analyze the association of these proteins with the pathology of AD. The present study identified and subsequently compared two AD and six IL-1β pathways with the network produced in Cytoscape. The present study identified important mechanisms in the pathology of AD and constructed two novel networks using Cytoscape.

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Alzheimer DiseaseApoptosisCarrier ProteinsComputational BiologyData MiningHumansInterleukin-1betaMAP Kinase Signaling SystemNF-kappa BProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingProtein Interaction MapsSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsWhooping CoughCarrier ProteinsInterleukin-1betaNF-kappa BToll-Like Receptors

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PMID25585621
PMCPMC4368090
OpenAlexW2093606150

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