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ReviewMolecular brain2019

Autophagic and endo-lysosomal dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease.

Bilal R Malik, Daniel C Maddison, Gaynor A Smith, Owen M Peters

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Review in Molecular brain, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
116citing papers in PubMed
17.4field-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

116 citing papers in PubMed, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Late Endosome Transport by RILP-RAB7A Promotes Dendrite Arborization Independently of Degradation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  13. Late endosome transport by RILP-RAB7A promotes dendrite arborization.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  14. Proteomic analysis links truncated tau to lysosome motility, autophagy, and endo-lysosomal dysfunction.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  18. Disruption of ClC-3-mediated 2ClScientific reports · 2025
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56 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bilal R MalikUK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Daniel C MaddisonUK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Gaynor A SmithUK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK. SmithGA@cardiff.ac.uk.
Owen M PetersUK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK. PetersOM@cardiff.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6824-0663
UK Dementia Research Institute · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_16030/1Medical Research Council MC_PC_16030/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to their post-mitotic state, metabolic demands and often large polarised morphology, the function and survival of neurons is dependent on an efficient cellular waste clearance system both for generation of materials for metabolic processes and removal of toxic components. It is not surprising therefore that deficits in protein clearance can tip the balance between neuronal health and death. Here we discuss how autophagy and lysosome-mediated degradation pathways are disrupted in several neurological disorders. Both genetic and cell biological evidence show the diversity and complexity of vesicular clearance dysregulation in cells, and together may ultimately suggest a unified mechanism for neuronal demise in degenerative conditions. Causative and risk-associated mutations in Alzheimer's disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and others have given the field a unique mechanistic insight into protein clearance processes in neurons. Through their broad implication in neurodegenerative diseases, molecules involved in these genetic pathways, in particular those involved in autophagy, are emerging as appealing therapeutic targets for intervention in neurodegeneration.

Indexed as

AutophagyAnimalsEndosomesHumansLysosomesMolecular ChaperonesNeurodegenerative DiseasesSignal TransductionMolecular ChaperonesAutophagyEndo-lysosomeMitophagyNeurodegeneration

Identifiers

PMID31783880
PMCPMC6884906
OpenAlexW2991435795

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