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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's parkinsonism & dementia2016

Is Beta-Amyloid Accumulation a Cause or Consequence of Alzheimer's Disease?

Shaoxun Wang, Paige N Mims, Richard J Roman, Fan Fan

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's parkinsonism & dementia, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 50 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shaoxun WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, USA.
Paige N MimsDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, USA.
Richard J RomanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, USA.
Fan FanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, USA.
University of Mississippi Medical Center · US

Funding

The role of leptin in autoimmune-associated hypertensionP20GM104357 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI TAYLOR, ERIN BASSFORD · 2013 to 2022
$23.4M
20-HETE-TGF-beta in Hypertension-Induced Renal InjuryR37HL036279 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI ROMAN, RICHARD J. · 2005 to 2014
$4.0M
Renal microcirculation and hypertension induced renal injuryR01DK104184 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI ROMAN, RICHARD J. · 2014 to 2017
$1.8M
VASA RECTA HEMODYNAMICS IN GENETIC HYPERTENSIONR01HL036279 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI ROMAN, RICHARD J. · 1986 to 2004
$1.3M
Animal model of impaired autoregulation for study of age related vascular cognitive impairmentR21AG050049 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI FAN, FAN · 2016 to 2017
$419k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL036279NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL036279NIA NIH HHS R21 AG050049NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104184NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104357
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by the pathological hallmarks of extracellular beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and intraneuronal tau-containing neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Intraneuronal accumulation of Aβ also plays a role to accelerate AD progression by promoting neurodegeneration. Additionally, AD is associated with the development of amyloid angiopathy (CAA), in which Aβ builds up on the walls of the cerebral arteries, which augments the development of cerebral vascular disease (CVD). Conversely, CVD promotes Aβ deposition and the development of AD by affecting the balance of Aβ production and clearance. However, it remains to be determined whether the accumulation of Aβ is a cause or consequence of AD. The interaction between AD and CVD is a topic of considerable current interest. Here, we discuss the role of CVD in Aβ accumulation and the development of AD to provide a new point of view that combination therapies that address the accompanying cerebral microvascular disease may potentiate the efficacy of emerging treatment for AD.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseBeta-AmyloidBlood-brain barrierCerebral vascular disease

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PMID28815226
PMCPMC5555607
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