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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2016

Old Proteins in Man: A Field in its Infancy.

Roger J W Truscott, Kevin L Schey, Michael G Friedrich

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Roger J W TruscottIllawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. Electronic address: rjwt@uow.edu.au.
Kevin L ScheyDepartment of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Michael G FriedrichIllawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute · AUVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Protein Aging in Normal and Cataractous LensesR01EY024258 · NEI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI SCHEY, KEVIN L · 2014 to 2022
$2.6M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024258
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has only recently been appreciated that the human body contains many long-lived proteins (LLPs). Their gradual degradation over time contributes to human aging and probably also to a range of age-related disorders. Indeed, the role of progressive damage of proteins in aging may be indicated by the fact that many neurological diseases do not appear until after middle age. A major factor responsible for the deterioration of old proteins is the spontaneous breakdown of susceptible amino acid residues resulting in racemization, truncation, deamidation, and crosslinking. When proteins decompose in this way, their structures and functions may be altered and novel epitopes can be formed that can induce an autoimmune response.

Indexed as

AgingHumansMaleProteinsProteinsage-related disease.post-translational modificationprotein agingracemization

Identifiers

PMID27426990
PMCPMC5500981
OpenAlexW2465168820

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