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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2018

Dysfunction of Cerebrovascular Endothelial Cells: Prelude to Vascular Dementia.

Feixue Wang, Yu Cao, Lina Ma, Hui Pei, Wolf Dieter Rausch, Hao Li

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Review 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 94 papers.

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94citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

94 citing papers in PubMed, 148 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Feixue WangDepartment of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yu CaoDepartment of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lina MaDepartment of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hui PeiDepartment of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wolf Dieter RauschDepartment for Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Hao LiDepartment of Geriatrics, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiyuan Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer's disease (AD), characterized by progressive cognitive impairment, memory loss, and thinking or speech problems. VaD is usually caused by cerebrovascular disease, during which, cerebrovascular endothelial cells (CECs) are vulnerable. CEC dysfunction occurs before the onset of VaD and can eventually lead to dysregulation of cerebral blood flow and blood-brain barrier damage, followed by the activation of glia and inflammatory environment in the brain. White matter, neuronal axons, and synapses are compromised in this process, leading to cognitive impairment. The present review summarizes the mechanisms underlying CEC impairment during hypoperfusion and pathological role of CECs in VaD. Through the comprehensive examination and summarization, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)/nitric oxide (NO) signaling pathway, Ras homolog gene family member A (RhoA) signaling pathway, and CEC-derived caveolin-1 (CAV-1) are proposed to serve as targets of new drugs for the treatment of VaD.

Indexed as

cerebrovascular endothelial cellsendothelial nitric oxide synthaseinflammationoxidative stresssynaptic plasticityvascular dementiawhite matter lesion

Identifiers

PMID30505270
PMCPMC6250852
OpenAlexW2901087297

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