Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27349988›Full record

ReviewCNS drugs2016

Aβ-Degrading Proteases: Therapeutic Potential in Alzheimer Disease.

Malcolm A Leissring

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In one paragraph

Review in CNS drugs, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Kai-Xin-San, a Chinese Herbal Decoction, Accelerates the Degradation ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020
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  18. Neuroprotective mechanism ofNeural regeneration research · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Malcolm A LeissringInstitute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND), University of California, Office: 5212 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, CA, 92697-1450, USA. m.leissring@uci.edu.
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

High-throughput compound screening for modulators of insulin-degrading enzyme.R21AG030718 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE · PI LEISSRING, MALCOLM A · 2008 to 2009
$345k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG030718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The amyloid β-protein (Aβ) plays an indispensable role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD). Aβ is subject to proteolytic degradation by a diverse array of peptidases and proteinases, known collectively as Aβ-degrading proteases (AβDPs). A growing number of AβDPs have been identified that impact Aβ powerfully and in a surprising variety of ways. As such, AβDPs hold considerable therapeutic potential for the treatment and/or prevention of AD. Here, we critically review the relative merits of therapeutic strategies targeting AβDPs compared with current Aβ-lowering strategies focused on immunotherapies and pharmacological modulation of Aβ-producing enzymes. Several innovative advances have increased considerably the feasibility of delivering AβDPs to the brain or enhancing their activity in a non-invasive manner. We argue that therapies targeting AβDPs offer numerous potential advantages that should be explored through continued research into this promising field.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBrainHumansPeptide HydrolasesAmyloid beta-PeptidesPeptide Hydrolases

Identifiers

PMID27349988
PMCPMC10148599
OpenAlexW2468367371

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Registered trials

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