Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29858247›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2018

Full-length amyloid precursor protein regulates lipoprotein metabolism and amyloid-β clearance in human astrocytes.

Lauren K Fong, Max M Yang, Rodrigo Dos Santos Chaves, Sol M Reyna, Vanessa F Langness, Grace Woodruff, Elizabeth A Roberts, Jessica E Young, Lawrence S B Goldstein

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2018. 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
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Kat5 cKO mouse replicates biological domain signatures associated with Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Current Development of iPSC-Based Modeling in Neurodegenerative Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Review
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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lauren K FongDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093.
Max M YangDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093.
Rodrigo Dos Santos ChavesDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093.
Sol M ReynaDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093.
Vanessa F LangnessDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093.
Grace WoodruffDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093.
Elizabeth A RobertsDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093.
Jessica E YoungDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Department of Pathology and Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195.
Lawrence S B GoldsteinDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093; Department of Neurosciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093. Electronic address: lgoldstein@ucsd.edu.
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

VIRUS-INDUCED BRAIN PATHOLOGYP50AG005131 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BREWER, JAMES B · 1985 to 2018
$55.4M
Training Program in Basic Clinical GeneticsT32GM008666 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAMILTON, BRUCE A · 1998 to 2021
$8.6M
Elucidating AD genotype-phenotype relationships using genetics of human IPS cellsRF1AG048083 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GOLDSTEIN, LAWRENCE S. · 2014 to 2014
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005131NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG048083NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mounting evidence suggests that alterations in cholesterol homeostasis are involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Amyloid precursor protein (APP) or multiple fragments generated by proteolytic processing of APP have previously been implicated in the regulation of cholesterol metabolism. However, the physiological function of APP in regulating lipoprotein homeostasis in astrocytes, which are responsible for

Indexed as

Amyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAstrocytesCell LineCholesterolCRISPR-Cas SystemsEndocytosisHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLipoproteinsReceptors, LDLSterol Regulatory Element Binding ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorCholesterolLDLR protein, humanLipoproteinsReceptors, LDLSterol Regulatory Element Binding ProteinsAlzheimer diseaseamyloid-beta (Aβ)amyloid precursor protein (APP)astrocytecholesterol metabolisminduced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cell) (iPSC)lipoprotein metabolismlipoprotein receptor

Identifiers

PMID29858247
PMCPMC6065173
OpenAlexW2806280791

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.