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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

Autophagy and Human Neurodegenerative Diseases-A Fly's Perspective.

Myungjin Kim, Allison Ho, Jun Hee Lee

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 35 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.

Myungjin KimDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. myungjin@umich.edu.
Allison HoDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. allho@umich.edu.
Jun Hee LeeDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. leeju@umich.edu.
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Research Training in BiogerontologyT32AG000114 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SCOTT PLETCHER · 1985 to 2026
$12.4M
SYTEMS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGYT32GM008322 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOW, MALCOLM JAMES · 1990 to 2020
$5.7M
Identification of autophagy mediators through screening transgenic animal libraryR21OD018265 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LEE, JUN HEE · 2015 to 2016
$418k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008322NIH HHS R21 OD018265
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases in humans are frequently associated with prominent accumulation of toxic protein inclusions and defective organelles. Autophagy is a process of bulk lysosomal degradation that eliminates these harmful substances and maintains the subcellular environmental quality. In support of autophagy's importance in neuronal homeostasis, several genetic mutations that interfere with autophagic processes were found to be associated with familial neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, genetic mutations in autophagy-regulating genes provoked neurodegenerative phenotypes in animal models. The Drosophila model significantly contributed to these recent developments, which led to the theory that autophagy dysregulation is one of the major underlying causes of human neurodegenerative disorders. In the current review, we discuss how studies using Drosophila enhanced our understanding of the relationship between autophagy and neurodegenerative processes.

Indexed as

AutophagyAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDrosophila melanogasterHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronsAlzheimerataxiaautophagyDrosophilaHuntingtonmitochondrial dysfunctionneurodegenerationParkinsonprotein aggregate

Identifiers

PMID28737703
PMCPMC5536083
OpenAlexW2738605535

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