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ReviewFuture medicinal chemistry2015

ACAT1/SOAT1 as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease.

Yohei Shibuya, Catherine Cy Chang, Ta-Yuan Chang

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Review in Future medicinal chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Yohei ShibuyaDepartment of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 304 Vail Building, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Catherine Cy ChangDepartment of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 304 Vail Building, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Ta-Yuan ChangDepartment of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 304 Vail Building, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Dartmouth College · US

Funding

Impact of microglial cholesterol storage on neuroinflammationR01AG037609 · NIA · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI CHANG, TA YUAN · 2010 to 2019
$3.3M
NIA NIH HHS AG37609NIA NIH HHS R01 AG037609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia with no cure at present. Cholesterol metabolism is closely associated with AD at several stages. ACAT1 converts free cholesterol to cholesteryl esters, and plays important roles in cellular cholesterol homeostasis. Recent studies show that in a mouse model, blocking ACAT1 provides multiple beneficial effects on AD. Here we review the current evidence that implicates ACAT1 as a therapeutic target for AD. We also discuss the potential usage of various ACAT inhibitors currently available to treat AD.

Indexed as

Acetyl-CoA C-AcetyltransferaseAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsEnzyme InhibitorsHumansMiceSterol O-AcyltransferaseACAT1 protein, humanAcat1 protein, mouseAcetyl-CoA C-AcetyltransferaseEnzyme InhibitorsSterol O-Acyltransferasesterol O-acyltransferase 1

Identifiers

PMID26669800
PMCPMC4976859
OpenAlexW2260642650

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