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ArticleEMBO reports2017

Lipophagy prevents activity-dependent neurodegeneration due to dihydroceramide accumulation

Wei-Hung Jung, Chung-Chih Liu, Yu-Lian Yu, Yu-Chin Chang, Wen-Yu Lien, Hsi-Chun Chao, Shu-Yi Huang, Ching-Hua Kuo, Han-Chen Ho, Chih-Chiang Chan

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Article in EMBO reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wei-Hung JungGraduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chung-Chih LiuGraduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Lian YuGraduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Chin ChangGraduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wen-Yu LienGraduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsi-Chun ChaoSchool of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shu-Yi HuangDepartment of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ching-Hua KuoSchool of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Han-Chen HoDepartment of Anatomy, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Chih-Chiang ChanGraduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan chancc1@ntu.edu.tw.ORCID 0000-0003-2626-3805
National Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWTzu Chi University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dihydroceramide desaturases are evolutionarily conserved enzymes that convert dihydroceramide (dhCer) to ceramide (Cer). While elevated Cer levels cause neurodegenerative diseases, the neuronal activity of its direct precursor, dhCer, remains unclear. We show that knockout of the fly dhCer desaturase gene,

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AutophagyLipid MetabolismAnimalsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCeramidesDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsFatty Acid DesaturasesGene Knockout TechniquesHumansLightLipolysisMembrane ProteinsNeurodegenerative DiseasesPhotoreceptor Cells, InvertebrateCeramidesdihydroceramideDrosophila ProteinsFatty Acid Desaturasesifc protein, DrosophilaMembrane ProteinsSphingolipidsdihydroceramidelipophagyneurodegenerationphotoreceptorssphingolipid

Identifiers

PMID28507162
PMCPMC5494533
OpenAlexW2615128129

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