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ReviewTranslational neurodegeneration2017

Protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases: implications and strategies.

Patrick Sweeney, Hyunsun Park, Marc Baumann, John Dunlop, Judith Frydman, Ron Kopito, Alexander McCampbell, Gabrielle Leblanc, Anjli Venkateswaran, Antti Nurmi and 1 more

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Review in Translational neurodegeneration, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 316 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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316citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

316 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

11 authors.

Patrick SweeneyDiscovery Services, Charles Rivers Laboratories, Wilmington, MA USA.
Hyunsun ParkHealth & Life Science Consulting, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Marc BaumannBiochemistry and Developmental Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
John DunlopNeuroscience Innovation Medicines, Astra Zeneca, Cambridge, MA USA.
Judith FrydmanStanford University, Stanford, CA USA.
Ron KopitoStanford University, Stanford, CA USA.
Alexander McCampbellNeurology, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA USA.
Gabrielle LeblancLeblanc Bioscience Consulting, Berkeley, CA USA.
Anjli VenkateswaranDiscovery Services, Charles Rivers Laboratories, Wilmington, MA USA.
Antti NurmiDiscovery Services, Charles Rivers Laboratories, Wilmington, MA USA.
Robert HodgsonDiscovery Services, Charles Rivers Laboratories, Wilmington, MA USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A hallmark of neurodegenerative proteinopathies is the formation of misfolded protein aggregates that cause cellular toxicity and contribute to cellular proteostatic collapse. Therapeutic options are currently being explored that target different steps in the production and processing of proteins implicated in neurodegenerative disease, including synthesis, chaperone-assisted folding and trafficking, and degradation via the proteasome and autophagy pathways. Other therapies, like mTOR inhibitors and activators of the heat shock response, can rebalance the entire proteostatic network. However, there are major challenges that impact the development of novel therapies, including incomplete knowledge of druggable disease targets and their mechanism of action as well as a lack of biomarkers to monitor disease progression and therapeutic response. A notable development is the creation of collaborative ecosystems that include patients, clinicians, basic and translational researchers, foundations and regulatory agencies to promote scientific rigor and clinical data to accelerate the development of therapies that prevent, reverse or delay the progression of neurodegenerative proteinopathies.

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BiomarkersChaperonesDrug discoveryMouse modelsNeurodegenerationProteostasis

Identifiers

PMID28293421
PMCPMC5348787

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