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ReviewTrends in molecular medicine2015

Type 2 diabetes as a protein misfolding disease.

Abhisek Mukherjee, Diego Morales-Scheihing, Peter C Butler, Claudio Soto

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Review in Trends in molecular medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 155 papers.

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155citing papers in PubMed
13.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

155 citing papers in PubMed, 332 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abhisek MukherjeeMitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Diego Morales-ScheihingMitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Medicina, Av. San Carlos de Apoquindo 2200, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
Peter C ButlerLarry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Claudio SotoMitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: Claudio.Soto@uth.tmc.edu.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS)UL1TR000371 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MCPHERSON, DAVID D · 2012 to 2016
$13.4M
Role of IAPP in Islet Dysfunction in DiabetesR01DK059579 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BUTLER, PETER CAWOOD · 2001 to 2019
$7.5M
Cross-seeding of Protein Misfolding as a Disease MechanismR01GM100453 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI SOTO, CLAUDIO · 2012 to 2015
$1.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000371NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK059579NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a highly prevalent and chronic metabolic disorder. Recent evidence suggests that formation of toxic aggregates of the islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) might contribute to β-cell dysfunction and disease. However, the mechanism of protein aggregation and associated toxicity remains unclear. Misfolding, aggregation, and accumulation of diverse proteins in various organs is the hallmark of the group of protein misfolding disorders (PMDs), including highly prevalent illnesses affecting the central nervous system (CNS) such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). In this review we discuss the current understanding of the mechanisms implicated in the formation of protein aggregates in the endocrine pancreas and associated toxicity in the light of the long-standing knowledge from neurodegenerative disorders associated with protein misfolding.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansInsulin-Secreting CellsIslet Amyloid PolypeptideProtein FoldingProteostasis DeficienciesIslet Amyloid Polypeptideamyloidislet amyloid polypeptideprionsprotein misfoldingtype 2 diabetesβ cells

Identifiers

PMID25998900
PMCPMC4492843
OpenAlexW1595575404

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