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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2015

Impaired vascular-mediated clearance of brain amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease: the role, regulation and restoration of LRP1.

Anita Ramanathan, Amy R Nelson, Abhay P Sagare, Berislav V Zlokovic

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Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anita RamanathanDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Amy R NelsonDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abhay P SagareDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Berislav V ZlokovicDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

Alzheimer's Abeta, Tau, Apolipoproteins and Blood-brain barrierR01NS034467 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI YASSINE, HUSSEIN N · 1995 to 2024
$9.1M
Cerebrovascular beta-Amyloidosis: A-beta CNS Transport PathwaysR37AG023084 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ZLOKOVIC, BERISLAV V · 2004 to 2013
$4.6M
The role of pericytes in the aging brain and pathogenesis and treatment of neurodegeneration, and Alzheimer's A-beta and tau pathologyRF1AG039452 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ICHIDA, JUSTIN KAWIKA · 2019 to 2019
$4.0M
Alzheimer's Abeta, apolipoproteins and blood-brain barrierR37NS034467 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ZLOKOVIC, BERISLAV V · 2007 to 2013
$3.4M
Cerebrovascular beta-Amyloidosis: A-beta CNS Transport PathwaysR01AG023084 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ZLOKOVIC, BERISLAV V · 2015 to 2019
$3.0M
The role of pericytes in the adult and the aging brainR01AG039452 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ZLOKOVIC, BERISLAV V · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG023084NIA NIH HHS R01 AG039452NIA NIH HHS R37 AG023084NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG039452NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS034467NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS034467
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyloid beta (Aβ) homeostasis in the brain is governed by its production and clearance mechanisms. An imbalance in this homeostasis results in pathological accumulations of cerebral Aβ, a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD). While Aβ may be cleared by several physiological mechanisms, a major route of Aβ clearance is the vascular-mediated removal of Aβ from the brain across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Here, we discuss the role of the predominant Aβ clearance protein-low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1)-in the efflux of Aβ from the brain. We also outline the multiple factors that influence the function of LRP1-mediated Aβ clearance, such as its expression, shedding, structural modification and transcriptional regulation by other genes. Finally, we summarize approaches aimed at restoring LRP1-mediated Aβ clearance from the brain.

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Alzheimer’s disease (AD)amyloid β clearanceblood-brain barrierlipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1)PICALM

Identifiers

PMID26236233
PMCPMC4502358

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