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ArticleAging2019

Decreased levels of circulating trimethylamine N-oxide alleviate cognitive and pathological deterioration in transgenic mice: a potential therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease.

Qiang Gao, Yuan Wang, Xin Wang, Shuang Fu, Xin Zhang, Rui-Tao Wang, Xin Zhang

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Article in Aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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65citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qiang GaoDepartment of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
Yuan WangDepartment of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
Xin WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
Shuang FuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
Xin ZhangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
Rui-Tao WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.
Xin ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.
Harbin Medical University · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite of gut microbiota, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the mechanisms by which TMAO influence cognitive and pathological processes in the AD have not been investigated. In this study, we found that the circulating TMAO levels displayed an age-related increase in both WT and APP/PS1 mice and association with AD-like behavioral and pathological profile. Reduced TMAO by 3,3-Dimethyl-1-butanol (DMB) treatment ameliorated the cognitive deterioration and long-term potentiation (LTP) in APP/PS1 mice. Moreover, DMB treatment also induced a decrease in the Amyloid-β (Aβ)

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBehavior, AnimalCognitionDisease Models, AnimalGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHexanolsHippocampusMethylaminesMiceNeuroprotective AgentsOxidants3,3-dimethylbutan-1-olAmyloid beta-PeptidesHexanolsMethylaminesNeuroprotective AgentsOxidantstrimethyloxamineAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-βAPP/PS1 micecognitive behaviortrimethylamine-N-oxide

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PMID31612864
PMCPMC6814608
OpenAlexW2981163416

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