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ReviewCurrent opinion in pharmacology2016

Pharmacological modulation of astrocytes and the role of cell type-specific histone modifications for the treatment of mood disorders.

Mira Jakovcevski, Schahram Akbarian, Barbara Di Benedetto

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Review in Current opinion in pharmacology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Aquaporins in Nervous System.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mira JakovcevskiMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
Schahram AkbarianDepartment of Psychiatry and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Barbara Di BenedettoDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic of Regensburg, Regensbrug, Germany. Electronic address: Barbara.Di-Benedetto@ukr.de.
Allen Institute for Brain Science · USMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry · DEUniversity Hospital Regensburg · DE

Funding

REPRESSIVE HISTONE AND DNA METHYLATION IN RODENT DEPRESSION MODELSP50MH096890 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI TAMMINGA, CAROL A · 2012 to 2021
$20.2M
NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH096890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes orchestrate arrangement and functions of neuronal circuits and of the blood-brain barrier. Dysfunctional astrocytes characterize mood disorders, here showcased by deregulation of the astrocyte end-feet protein Aquaporin-4 around blood vessels and, hypothetically, of the astrocyte-specific phagocytic protein MEGF10 to shape synapses. Development of mood disorders is often a result of 'gene × environment' interactions, regulated among others by histone modifications and related modulator enzymes, which rapidly promote adaptive responses. Thus, they represent ideal targets of drugs aimed at inducing stable effects with quick onsets. One of the prevalent features of histone modifications and their modulators is their cell-type specificity. Investigating cell type-specific epigenetic modulations upon drug administration might therefore help to implement therapeutic treatments.

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AnimalsAstrocytesEpigenomicsHistonesHumansMood DisordersHistones

Identifiers

PMID26515273
PMCPMC4716874
OpenAlexW1878594022

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