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ArticleBrain, behavior, and immunity2017

Toll-interacting protein deficiency promotes neurodegeneration via impeding autophagy completion in high-fat diet-fed ApoE

Keqiang Chen, Ruoxi Yuan, Shuo Geng, Yao Zhang, Taojing Ran, Elizabeth Kowalski, Jingze Liu, Liwu Li

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Article in Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Keqiang Chen *Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Ruoxi Yuan *Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Shuo GengDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Yao ZhangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Taojing RanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Elizabeth KowalskiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Jingze LiuCollege of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China.
Liwu LiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Virginia Tech · USVirginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine · USHebei Normal University · CN

Funding

Modulation of innate immune cellular homeostasis and inflammation resolutionR01HL115835 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI LI, LIWU · 2012 to 2021
$3.6M
The novel role and regulation of IRAK in innate immunityR01AI064414 · NIAID · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LI, LIWU · 2005 to 2010
$1.9M
Regulation of signaling events in septic leukocytesR01AI050089 · NIAID · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LI, LIWU · 2002 to 2006
$1.5M
Innate priming in sepsis exacerbationR56AI108264 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI LI, LIWU · 2014 to 2014
$403k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115835NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050089NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI064414NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI108264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The excessive accumulation of specific cellular proteins or autophagic vacuoles (AVs) within neurons is a pathologic hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Constitutive autophagy in neurons prevents abnormal intracellular protein aggregation and is critical for maintaining cell survival. Since our previous study showed that Toll-interacting protein (Tollip)-deficient macrophages had constitutive disruption of endosome-lysosome fusion, we hypothesize that Tollip deficiency may also promote neuron death via blockage of autophagy completion. Indeed, we observed significantly higher levels of neuron death in the brain regions of cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum from ApoE

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Diet, High-Fatalpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsApolipoproteins EAutophagyBrainCA1 Region, HippocampalCell SizeEndosomesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLysosomesMacrophagesMiceMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, Electron, Transmissionalpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoproteins EIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsSnca protein, mouseTollip protein, mouseAutophagyCell deathNeurodegenerative diseaseTollip

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PMID27720815
PMCPMC5154796
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