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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2019

Amyloid Beta and MicroRNAs in Alzheimer's Disease.

Nnana Amakiri, Aaron Kubosumi, James Tran, P Hemachandra Reddy

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 105 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nnana AmakiriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, United States.
Aaron KubosumiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, United States.
James TranDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, United States.
P Hemachandra ReddyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, United States.
Texas Tech University · USInstitute on Aging · USTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

Dynamin-Related Protein 1 and Mitochondrial Fragmentation in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG042178 · NIA · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI REDDY, P. HEMACHANDRA · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel and Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG047812 · NIA · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI REDDY, P. HEMACHANDRA · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Mitochondrial Fragmentation and Neurodegeneration in Huntington's DiseaseR01NS105473 · NINDS · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI REDDY, P. HEMACHANDRA · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Small Molecule Inhibitor Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease.R41AG060836 · NIA · SYNAPTEX, LLC · PI REDDY, P. HEMACHANDRA · 2018 to 2018
$250k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG042178NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047812NIA NIH HHS R41 AG060836NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105473
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive mental illness characterized by memory loss and multiple cognitive impairments. In the last several decades, significant progress has been made in understanding basic biology, molecular mechanisms, and development of biomarkers and therapeutic drugs. Multiple cellular changes are implicated in the disease process including amyloid beta and phosphorylation of tau synaptic damage and mitochondrial dysfunction in AD. Among these, amyloid beta is considered a major player in the disease process. Recent advancements in molecular biology revealed that microRNAs (miRNAs) are considered potential biomarkers in AD with a focus on amyloid beta. In this article we discussed several aspects of AD including its prevalence, classifications, risk factors, and amyloid species and their accumulation in subcellular compartments. This article also discusses the discovery and biogenesis of miRNAs and their relevance to AD. Today's research continues to add to the wealth of miRNA data that has been accumulated, however, there still lacks clear-cut understanding of the physiological relevance of miRNAs to AD. MiRNAs appear to regulate translation of gene products in AD and other human diseases. However, the mechanism of how many of these miRNAs regulate both the 5' and 3'UTR of amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing is still being extrapolated. Hence, we still need more research on miRNAs and APP/amyloid beta formation in the progression and pathogenesis of AD.

Indexed as

agingAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid betamicroRNAmitochondria

Identifiers

PMID31130840
PMCPMC6510214
OpenAlexW2943536770

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