Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31531680›Full record

ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2020

What is strain in neurodegenerative diseases?

Ye Tian, Lanxia Meng, Zhentao Zhang

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Autophagy andFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Review
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.

Ye TianDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Lanxia MengDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
Zhentao ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China. Zhentao104@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6708-1472

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81571249National Natural Science Foundation of China 81771382National Natural Science Foundation of China 81822016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, are characterized by the aggregation of misfolded proteins, including Aβ, tau and α-synuclein. It is well recognized that these misfolded proteins are able to self-propagate and spread throughout the nervous system and cause neuronal injury in a way that resembles prion disease. These disease-specific misfolded proteins demonstrate unique features, including the seeding barrier, the conformational memory effect, strain selection and strain evolution, based on the presence of various strains. However, the accurate definition of the term strain remains to be clarified. Here, a clear interpretation is proposed by a retrospective of its history in prion research and the recent progress in neurodegeneration research. Furthermore, the causes contributing to the genesis of various strains are also summarized. Deeper insight into strains helps us to understand the phenomena we observe in this field and it also enlightens us on the elusive mechanisms and management of neurodegeneration.

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesPrionsProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProtein Foldingtau Proteinsalpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesPrionstau ProteinsAmyloid plaqueHeterogeneity of neurodegenerationLewy bodyNeurofibrillary tanglePrionProtein aggregation

Identifiers

PMID31531680
PMCPMC11105091

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.