Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27350067›Full record

ArticleBrain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)2017

Losing sleep over mitochondria: a new player in the pathophysiology of fatal familial insomnia.

Markus Glatzel, Diego Sepulveda-Falla

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Article in Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Markus GlatzelInstitute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, D-20246, Germany.
Diego Sepulveda-FallaInstitute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, D-20246, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This commentary highlights the study by Frau-Mendez and coworkers in this issue of Brain Pathology (xxx) in which the authors show evidence for involvement of mitochondria in the pathophysiology of fatal familial insomnia (FFI). Using genetic, biochemical and morphological means, they provide a comprehensive picture of the degree of mitochondrial damage in FFI and show that this leads to increased oxidative stress. This adds FFI to the growing list of dementias with mitochondrial involvement. Future studies will have to address the causality dilemma of which came first, mitochondrial damage and subsequent neurodegeneration or vice versa. Either way, these data provide the basis to devise novel therapeutic strategies for FFI.

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HumansInsomnia, Fatal FamilialMitochondriaSleepThalamus

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PMID27350067
PMCPMC8028983

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