Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28768718›Full record

ReviewThe EMBO journal2017

APP mouse models for Alzheimer's disease preclinical studies.

Hiroki Sasaguri, Per Nilsson, Shoko Hashimoto, Kenichi Nagata, Takashi Saito, Bart De Strooper, John Hardy, Robert Vassar, Bengt Winblad, Takaomi C Saido

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Review in The EMBO journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 457 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
457citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
38.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

457 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 769 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Ex vivo comparison of ACU193 and lecanemab reveals binding differences in mouse brain.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  17. The Uppsala APP Mutation Promotes Wild-Type Amyloid-β Aggregation and Deposition In Vivo.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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397 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Hiroki SasaguriLaboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan hiroki.sasaguri@riken.jp saido@brain.riken.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-2550-9156
Per NilssonLaboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6450-0870
Shoko HashimotoLaboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5778-4884
Kenichi NagataLaboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8377-7197
Takashi SaitoLaboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9659-9251
Bart De StrooperDementia Research Institute, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5455-5819
John HardyReta Lila Research Laboratories and the Department of Molecular Neuroscience, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3122-0423
Robert VassarDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Bengt WinbladDivision of Neurogeriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Center for Alzheimer Research, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0011-1179
Takaomi C SaidoLaboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan hiroki.sasaguri@riken.jp saido@brain.riken.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-1970-6903
RIKEN Center for Brain Science · JPKarolinska Institutet · SENorthwestern University · USTokyo Medical and Dental University · JPUK Dementia Research Institute · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

BACE1 as a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG022560 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI VASSAR, ROBERT J · 2003 to 2017
$4.6M
Molecular Neuropathology and Mechanisms of BACE1 Elevation in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG030142 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI VASSAR, ROBERT J · 2007 to 2019
$3.1M
Medical Research Council MC_PC_17116NIA NIH HHS R01 AG022560NIA NIH HHS R01 AG030142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal models of human diseases that accurately recapitulate clinical pathology are indispensable for understanding molecular mechanisms and advancing preclinical studies. The Alzheimer's disease (AD) research community has historically used first-generation transgenic (Tg) mouse models that overexpress proteins linked to familial AD (FAD), mutant amyloid precursor protein (APP), or APP and presenilin (PS). These mice exhibit AD pathology, but the overexpression paradigm may cause additional phenotypes unrelated to AD Second-generation mouse models contain humanized sequences and clinical mutations in the endogenous mouse

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsHumansAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAlzheimer's diseaseamyloid precursor proteinamyloid β peptideApp knock‐inAPP transgenic

Identifiers

PMID28768718
PMCPMC5579350
OpenAlexW2740213823

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