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ReviewBiophysical reviews2017

Amyloid plaques beyond Aβ: a survey of the diverse modulators of amyloid aggregation.

Katie L Stewart, Sheena E Radford

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Review in Biophysical reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Accumulation of amyloid beta in human glioblastomas.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2020
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  5. The evolving landscape of amyloid-targeting therapies in Alzheimer's disease: progress and challenges.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  18. Evaluation of Amyloid Inhibitor Efficiency to Block Bacterial Survival.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katie L StewartAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. K.L.Stewart@leeds.ac.uk.
Sheena E RadfordAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. S.E.Radford@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-8039
University of Leeds · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K01451X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K015958/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 089311/Z/09/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is strongly correlated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent research has improved our understanding of the kinetics of amyloid fibril assembly and revealed new details regarding different stages in plaque formation. Presently, interest is turning toward studying this process in a holistic context, focusing on cellular components which interact with the Aβ peptide at various junctures during aggregation, from monomer to cross-β amyloid fibrils. However, even in isolation, a multitude of factors including protein purity, pH, salt content, and agitation affect Aβ fibril formation and deposition, often producing complicated and conflicting results. The failure of numerous inhibitors in clinical trials for AD suggests that a detailed examination of the complex interactions that occur during plaque formation, including binding of carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and metal ions, is important for understanding the diversity of manifestations of the disease. Unraveling how a variety of key macromolecular modulators interact with the Aβ peptide and change its aggregation properties may provide opportunities for developing therapies. Since no protein acts in isolation, the interplay of these diverse molecules may differentiate disease onset, progression, and severity, and thus are worth careful consideration.

Indexed as

A-betaAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid plaquesProtein aggregation

Identifiers

PMID28631243
PMCPMC5578917
OpenAlexW2678656658

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