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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2018

Infection Augments Expression of Mechanosensing Piezo1 Channels in Amyloid Plaque-Reactive Astrocytes.

María Velasco-Estevez, Myrthe Mampay, Hervé Boutin, Aisling Chaney, Peter Warn, Andrew Sharp, Ellie Burgess, Emad Moeendarbary, Kumlesh K Dev, Graham K Sheridan

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Piezo channels in tumors.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026
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  13. Systemic Piezo1 activation improves cerebrovascular function in Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  17. Increased activity of Piezo1 channel in red blood cells is associated with Alzheimer's disease-related dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  20. Piezo1-related physiological and pathological processes in glioblastoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

María Velasco-EstevezNeuroimmulology & Neurotherapeutics Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Myrthe MampayNeuroimmulology & Neurotherapeutics Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Hervé BoutinWolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Aisling ChaneyWolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health and Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Peter WarnEvotec (UK) Ltd., Manchester Science Park, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Andrew SharpEvotec (UK) Ltd., Manchester Science Park, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Ellie BurgessEvotec (UK) Ltd., Manchester Science Park, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Emad MoeendarbaryDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Kumlesh K DevDrug Development, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Graham K SheridanNeuroimmulology & Neurotherapeutics Laboratory, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Evotec (United Kingdom) · GBUniversity of Brighton · GBStanford University · USTrinity College Dublin · IEUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 22057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A defining pathophysiological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the amyloid plaque; an extracellular deposit of aggregated fibrillar Aβ

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Alzheimer’s diseaseamyloid plaquesastrocytesdentate gyrusmechanosensitive ion channelPiezo1TgF344-AD ratsurinary tract infection

Identifiers

PMID30405400
PMCPMC6204357
OpenAlexW2896419250

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