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ArticleScientific reports2017

Estrogen-Related Factors in the Frontal Lobe of Alzheimer's Disease Patients and Importance of Body Mass Index.

Naoko Honma, Shigehira Saji, Tetuo Mikami, Noriko Yoshimura, Seijiro Mori, Yuko Saito, Shigeo Murayama, Nobuhiro Harada

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Naoko HonmaDepartment of Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-Nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8540, Japan. naoko.honma@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Shigehira SajiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University, Hikariga-oka 1, Fukushima City, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
Tetuo MikamiDepartment of Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-Nishi 5-21-16, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8540, Japan.
Noriko YoshimuraDepartment of Biochemistry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Dengakugakubo 1-98, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, 470-1192, Japan.
Seijiro MoriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Sakaecho 35-2, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0015, Japan.
Yuko SaitoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ogawa-Higashi 4-1-1, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan.
Shigeo MurayamaDepartment of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Sakaecho 35-2, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0015, Japan.
Nobuhiro HaradaDepartment of Biochemistry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Dengakugakubo 1-98, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, 470-1192, Japan.
Fujita Health University Hospital · JPToho University · JPFukushima Medical University · JPNational Center of Neurology and Psychiatry · JPTokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital · JPTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Estrogens play a physiologically important role in the brain, but controversies exist regarding the association between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and estrogens. Estrogen-related factors were comprehensively examined in frontal lobe tissues from autopsied AD patients, and compared with controls. Concentrations of estrogens, expression of estrogen receptors (ERs), and estrogen-metabolizing enzymes (EMEs) which are important for determining the peripheral estrogen concentrations, were examined using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, immunohistochemistry, and quantitative real-time PCR, respectively. Body mass index (BMI), known to correlate with the serum estrogen concentrations, was also taken into consideration. There were no significant differences in estrogen concentrations or each EME level between the two groups in both the cortex and white matter, whereas glial nuclear ER-β expression was significantly lower in white matter from the AD group than the control group (Allred score, 3.2 ± 0.3 and 6.5 ± 0.3, respectively. P < 0.0001). Estrogen concentrations were found to closely correlate with BMI, particularly in controls. ER-β loss in the white matter from the AD group suggests the necessity of studying the effects of estrogens on glias as well as neurons in the etiology of AD. The correlation between BMI and estrogen concentrations in the frontal lobe suggests the importance of non-brain sources of estrogens.

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Body Mass IndexAlzheimer DiseaseAndrogensCerebral CortexEstrogensFemaleFrontal LobeGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGonadal Steroid HormonesHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMetabolic Networks and PathwaysReceptors, EstrogenWhite MatterAndrogensEstrogensGonadal Steroid HormonesReceptors, Estrogen

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