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ReviewNeurotoxicity research2018

Cyanobacterial Neurotoxins: Their Occurrence and Mechanisms of Toxicity.

Kenneth J Rodgers, Brendan J Main, Kate Samardzic

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Review in Neurotoxicity research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kenneth J RodgersSchool of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Harris Street, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia. kenneth.rodgers@uts.edu.au.
Brendan J MainSchool of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Harris Street, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
Kate SamardzicSchool of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Harris Street, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
University of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia GIA1644
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacteria are some of the oldest organisms on earth, and have evolved to produce a battery of toxic metabolites, including hepatotoxins, dermatoxins, and neurotoxins. In this review, we focus on the occurrence and mechanisms of toxicity of a number of neurotoxins synthesised by these ancient photosynthetic prokaryotes. We discuss the evidence linking β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), a non-protein amino acid, to an unusual neurological disease complex reported on the island of Guam in the 1950s, and how 60 years later, the role that BMAA plays in human disease is still unclear. There is now evidence that BMAA is also produced by some eukaryotes, and can bioaccumulate in food chains; this combined with higher frequency of cyanobacterial blooms globally, increases the potential for human exposure. Three BMAA isomers that often co-occur with BMAA have been identified, and the current knowledge on the toxicity of these molecules is presented. The acute alkaloid toxins; anatoxin-a, homoanatoxin-a and the saxitoxins, and the organophosphate neurotoxin anatoxin-a(S) are also discussed. In many cases, human exposure to a cocktail of cyanobacterial neurotoxins is likely; however, the implications of combined exposure to these toxins have not been fully explored. Increased understanding of the combined effects of cyanobacterial neurotoxins is required to fully understand how these molecules impact on human health.

Indexed as

Amino Acids, DiaminoAnimalsCyanobacteriaCyanobacteria ToxinsHumansNeurotoxicity SyndromesNeurotoxinsAmino Acids, Diaminobeta-N-methylamino-L-alanineCyanobacteria ToxinsNeurotoxins2,4-DABAEGBMAACyanobacteriaDABEnvironmental toxinsNeurotoxinNon-protein amino acid: anatoxinSaxitoxin

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PMID28585115
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