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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2018

Neuroprotection Targeting Protein Misfolding on Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion in the Context of Metabolic Syndrome.

María I Herrera, Lucas D Udovin, Nicolás Toro-Urrego, Carlos F Kusnier, Juan P Luaces, Matilde Otero-Losada, Francisco Capani

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Ambiguous Effects of Autophagy Activation Following Hypoperfusion/Ischemia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

María I HerreraCentro de Investigaciones en Psicología y Psicopedagogía, Facultad de Psicología y Psicopedagogía, Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lucas D UdovinInstituto de Investigaciones Cardiológicas (ININCA), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Nicolás Toro-UrregoInstituto de Investigaciones Cardiológicas (ININCA), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Carlos F KusnierInstituto de Investigaciones Cardiológicas (ININCA), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Juan P LuacesInstituto de Investigaciones Cardiológicas (ININCA), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Matilde Otero-LosadaInstituto de Investigaciones Cardiológicas (ININCA), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Francisco CapaniInstituto de Investigaciones Cardiológicas (ININCA), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
University of Buenos Aires · ARConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARPontificia Universidad Católica Argentina · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors that lead to microvascular dysfunction and chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH). Long-standing reduction in oxygen and energy supply leads to brain hypoxia and protein misfolding, thereby linking CCH to Alzheimer's disease. Protein misfolding results in neurodegeneration as revealed by studying different experimental models of CCH. Regulating proteostasis network through pathways like the unfolded protein response (UPR), the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), and macroautophagy emerges as a novel target for neuroprotection. Lipoxin A4 methyl ester, baclofen, URB597, N-stearoyl-L-tyrosine, and melatonin may pose potential neuroprotective agents for rebalancing the proteostasis network under CCH. Autophagy is one of the most studied pathways of proteostatic cell response against the decrease in blood supply to the brain though the role of the UPR-specific chaperones and the UPS system in CCH deserves further research. Pharmacotherapy targeting misfolded proteins at different stages in the proteostatic pathway might be promising in treating cognitive impairment following CCH.

Indexed as

chaperoneschronic cerebral hypoperfusionendoplasmic reticulum stressmetabolic syndromeneurodegenerative diseasesneuroprotectionprotein misfolding

Identifiers

PMID29904335
PMCPMC5990610
OpenAlexW2800516670

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