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ArticleCell death and differentiation2020

Galectin-3 promotes Aβ oligomerization and Aβ toxicity in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

Chih-Chieh Tao, Kuang-Min Cheng, Yun-Li Ma, Wei-Lun Hsu, Yan-Chu Chen, Jong-Ling Fuh, Wei-Ju Lee, Chih-Chang Chao, Eminy H Y Lee

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Article in Cell death and differentiation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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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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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Pleiotropic regulatory mechanisms and targeted therapeutic prospects of Galectin-3 in aging-related diseases.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  12. Implications of Mucin-TypeMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  13. Microglial galectin-3 increases with aging in the mouse hippocampus.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chih-Chieh TaoInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kuang-Min ChengInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yun-Li MaInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Lun HsuInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yan-Chu ChenInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jong-Ling FuhFaculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9135-3351
Wei-Ju LeeFaculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chih-Chang ChaoInstitute of Neuroscience, National Cheng-chi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Eminy H Y LeeInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. eminy@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWNational Chengchi University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers largely initiate the cascade underlying the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Galectin-3 (Gal-3), which is a member of the galectin protein family, promotes inflammatory responses and enhances the homotypic aggregation of cancer cells. Here, we examined the role and action mechanism of Gal-3 in Aβ oligomerization and Aβ toxicities. Wild-type (WT) and Gal-3-knockout (KO) mice, APP/PS1;WT mice, APP/PS1;Gal-3

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Age FactorsAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloidogenic ProteinsAnimalsBlood ProteinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGalectin 3GalectinsGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHippocampusIntegrinsMaleMemoryAif1 protein, mouseAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)Amyloidogenic ProteinsBlood ProteinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsGalectin 3GalectinsGlial Fibrillary Acidic Proteinglial fibrillary astrocytic protein, mouseIntegrinsLGALS3 protein, humanLgals3 protein, mouseMicrofilament ProteinsNeprilysinPeptide Fragments

Identifiers

PMID31127200
PMCPMC7206130
OpenAlexW2944988109

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