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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Lipid and Lipid Raft Alteration in Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Window for the Development of New Biomarkers.

Fátima Mesa-Herrera, Lucas Taoro-González, Catalina Valdés-Baizabal, Mario Diaz, Raquel Marín

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
109citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

109 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 171 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. When bad turns good: a systematic review on cholesterol and LDL in longitudinal patient cohorts with Parkinson's disease.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  12. Lipid-packing defects are sufficient to modulate membrane insertion and the bound state of α-synuclein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fátima Mesa-HerreraLaboratory of Membrane Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Animal Biology, Edaphology and Geology.
Lucas Taoro-GonzálezLaboratory of Cellular Neurobiology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Section of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Laguna, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife 38200, Spain.
Catalina Valdés-BaizabalLaboratory of Cellular Neurobiology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Section of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Laguna, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife 38200, Spain.
Mario DiazLaboratory of Membrane Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Animal Biology, Edaphology and Geology.
Raquel MarínLaboratory of Cellular Neurobiology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Section of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Laguna, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife 38200, Spain. rmarin@ull.edu.es.
Universidad de La Laguna · ES

Funding

Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España SAF2017-84454-RMinisterio de Economía y competitividad. Gobierno de España. SAF2017-84454-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipids in the brain are major components playing structural functions as well as physiological roles in nerve cells, such as neural communication, neurogenesis, synaptic transmission, signal transduction, membrane compartmentalization, and regulation of gene expression. Determination of brain lipid composition may provide not only essential information about normal brain functioning, but also about changes with aging and diseases. Indeed, deregulations of specific lipid classes and lipid homeostasis have been demonstrated in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Furthermore, recent studies have shown that membrane microdomains, named lipid rafts, may change their composition in correlation with neuronal impairment. Lipid rafts are key factors for signaling processes for cellular responses. Lipid alteration in these signaling platforms may correlate with abnormal protein distribution and aggregation, toxic cell signaling, and other neuropathological events related with these diseases. This review highlights the manner lipid changes in lipid rafts may participate in the modulation of neuropathological events related to AD and PD. Understanding and characterizing these changes may contribute to the development of novel and specific diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in routinely clinical practice.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersBrainHumansLipidsMembrane MicrodomainsNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronsParkinson DiseaseSignal TransductionBiomarkersLipidsAlzheimer’s diseasebiomarkerslipid raftslipidsneurodegenerative diseasesParkinson disease.

Identifiers

PMID31382686
PMCPMC6696273
OpenAlexW2965146728

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