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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2016

EFhd2, a Protein Linked to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurological Disorders.

Irving E Vega

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. EFhd2 Affects Tau Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Irving E VegaDepartment of Translational Science and Molecular Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Upgrade Laboratories Facilities at UPR-Rio PiedrasR25GM061151 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS · PI CARBALLEIRA, NESTOR MANUEL · 2001 to 2023
$32.5M
Neuroscience Research Opportunities to Increase Diversity (NeuroID)R25NS080687 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS · PI GARCIA-ARRARAS, JOSE E, MALDONADO-VLAAR, CARMEN SARA · 2012 to 2024
$5.3M
The role of a novel tau-associated protein in neurodegenerationSC1NS066988 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS · PI VEGA, IRVING E · 2009 to 2012
$972k
NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM061151NINDS NIH HHS R25 NS080687NINDS NIH HHS SC1 NS066988
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EFhd2 is a conserved calcium binding protein linked to different neurological disorders and types of cancer. Although, EFhd2 is more abundant in neurons, it is also found in other cell types. The physiological function of this novel protein is still unclear, but it has been shown in vitro to play a role in calcium signaling, apoptosis, actin cytoskeleton, and regulation of synapse formation. Recently, EFhd2 was shown to promote cell motility by modulating the activity of Rac1, Cdc42, and RhoA. Although, EFhd2's role in promoting cell invasion and metastasis is of great interest in cancer biology, this review focusses on the evidence that links EFhd2 to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurological disorders. Altered expression of EFhd2 has been documented in AD, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and schizophrenia, indicating that Efhd2 gene expression is regulated in response to neuropathological processes. However, the specific role that EFhd2 plays in the pathophysiology of neurological disorders is still poorly understood. Recent studies demonstrated that EFhd2 has structural characteristics similar to amyloid proteins found in neurological disorders. Moreover, EFhd2 co-aggregates and interacts with known neuropathological proteins, such as tau, C9orf72, and Lrrk2. These results suggest that EFhd2 may play an important role in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, the understanding of EFhd2's role in health and disease could lead to decipher molecular mechanisms that become activated in response to neuronal stress and degeneration.

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Alzheimer's diseaseEFhd2neurodegenerative diseaseneurological disorderstau

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PMID27064956
PMCPMC4814571
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