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ReviewJournal of neuroinflammation2019

Lipid and immune abnormalities causing age-dependent neurodegeneration and Parkinson's disease.

Penelope J Hallett, Simone Engelender, Ole Isacson

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Review in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Penelope J HallettNeuroregeneration Research Institute, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Simone EngelenderNeuroregeneration Research Institute, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Ole IsacsonNeuroregeneration Research Institute, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. isacson@hms.harvard.edu.
McLean Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Prevention of complement and immune-mediated Lewy body dementiaR01AG060195 · NIA · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI HALLETT, PENELOPE JANE, HASTINGS, MICHELLE L · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
Critical analysis of glycosphingolipid pathways in aging and Parkinsons diseaseR01NS092667 · NINDS · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI HALLETT, PENELOPE JANE · 2015 to 2018
$1.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG060195NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article describes pathogenic concepts and factors, in particular glycolipid abnormalities, that create cell dysfunction and synaptic loss in neurodegenerative diseases. By phenocopying lysosomal storage disorders, such as Gaucher disease and related disorders, age- and dose-dependent changes in glycolipid cell metabolism can lead to Parkinson's disease and related dementias. Recent results show that perturbation of sphingolipid metabolism can precede or is a part of abnormal protein handling in both genetic and idiopathic Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. In aging and genetic predisposition with lipid disturbance, α-synuclein's normal vesicular and synaptic role may be detrimentally shifted toward accommodating and binding such lipids. Specific neuronal glycolipid, protein, and vesicular interactions create potential pathophysiology that is amplified by astroglial and microglial immune mechanisms resulting in neurodegeneration. This perspective provides a new logic for therapeutic interventions that do not focus on protein aggregation, but rather provides a guide to the complex biology and the common sequence of events that lead to age-dependent neurodegenerative disorders.

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinAnimalsBrainHumansInflammationNerve DegenerationNeuronsParkinson Diseasetau Proteinsalpha-Synucleintau ProteinsAPOEApolipoproteinAstrogliaGBAImmuneInflammationLipidsLysosomeMicrogliaNeuronsTauα-Synuclein

Identifiers

PMID31331333
PMCPMC6647317
OpenAlexW2964053676

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