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ReviewAging and disease2016

Pathophysiological Function of ADAMTS Enzymes on Molecular Mechanism of Alzheimer's Disease.

Murat Serdar Gurses, Mustafa Numan Ural, Mehmet Akif Gulec, Omer Akyol, Sumeyya Akyol

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Review in Aging and disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Murat Serdar Gurses1Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Mustafa Numan Ural1Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Mehmet Akif Gulec2Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
Omer Akyol3Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Sumeyya Akyol4Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey.
Turgut Özal University · TRBursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇ · TRHacettepe University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an environment that has various enzymes attended in regeneration and restoration processes which is very important to sustain physiological and biological functions of central nervous system (CNS). One of the participating enzyme systems in ECM turnover is matrix metalloproteinases. A disintegrin-like and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 motifs (ADAMTS) is a unique family of ECM proteases found in mammals. Components of this family may be distinguished from the ADAM (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase) family based on the multiple copies of thrombospondin 1-like repeats. The considerable role of the ADAMTS in the CNS continues to develop. Evidences indicate that ADAMTS play an important role in neuroplasticity as well as nervous system pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is hopeful and possible that ADAMTS family members may be utilized to develop therapies for CNS pathologies, ischemic injuries, neurodegenerative and neurological diseases. To understand and provide definitive data on ADAMTS to improve structural and functional recovery in CNS injury and diseases, this review aimed to enlighten the subject extensively to reach certain information on metalloproteinases and related molecules/enzymes. It will be interesting to examine how ADAMTS expression and action would affect the initiation/progression of above-mentioned clinical situations, especially AD.

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ADAMADAMTSAlzheimer’s diseasematrix metalloproteinasesneurodegeneration

Identifiers

PMID27493839
PMCPMC4963191
OpenAlexW2493883729

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