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ReviewEssays in biochemistry2017

Dysregulation of autophagy as a common mechanism in lysosomal storage diseases.

Elena Seranova, Kyle J Connolly, Malgorzata Zatyka, Tatiana R Rosenstock, Timothy Barrett, Richard I Tuxworth, Sovan Sarkar

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In one paragraph

Review in Essays in biochemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
106citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
12.3field-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

106 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elena SeranovaInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.
Kyle J ConnollyInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.
Malgorzata ZatykaInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.
Tatiana R RosenstockDepartment of Physiological Science, Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Science, São Paulo, SP 01221-020, Brazil.
Timothy BarrettInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.
Richard I TuxworthInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K. s.sarkar@bham.ac.uk r.i.tuxworth@bham.ac.uk.
Sovan SarkarInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K. s.sarkar@bham.ac.uk r.i.tuxworth@bham.ac.uk.
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo · BR

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N008472/1Medical Research Council G0800661Medical Research Council MR/P007732/1Wellcome Trust 109626/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lysosome plays a pivotal role between catabolic and anabolic processes as the nexus for signalling pathways responsive to a variety of factors, such as growth, nutrient availability, energetic status and cellular stressors. Lysosomes are also the terminal degradative organelles for autophagy through which macromolecules and damaged cellular components and organelles are degraded. Autophagy acts as a cellular homeostatic pathway that is essential for organismal physiology. Decline in autophagy during ageing or in many diseases, including late-onset forms of neurodegeneration is considered a major contributing factor to the pathology. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that impairment in autophagy is also a central mechanism underlying several lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). LSDs are a class of rare, inherited disorders whose histopathological hallmark is the accumulation of undegraded materials in the lysosomes due to abnormal lysosomal function. Inefficient degradative capability of the lysosomes has negative impact on the flux through the autophagic pathway, and therefore dysregulated autophagy in LSDs is emerging as a relevant disease mechanism. Pathology in the LSDs is generally early-onset, severe and life-limiting but current therapies are limited or absent; recognizing common autophagy defects in the LSDs raises new possibilities for therapy. In this review, we describe the mechanisms by which LSDs occur, focusing on perturbations in the autophagy pathway and present the latest data supporting the development of novel therapeutic approaches related to the modulation of autophagy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutophagyHumansLysosomal Storage DiseasesLysosomesSphingolipidosesAutophagyGlycogenosesLysosomal storage disordersLysosomesNeuronal ceroid lipofuscinosesSphingolipidoses

Identifiers

PMID29233882
PMCPMC5869865
OpenAlexW2775704554

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