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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2020

Alzheimer's Disorder: Epigenetic Connection and Associated Risk Factors.

Vivek Kumar Sharma, Vineet Mehta, Thakur Gurjeet Singh

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. DNA Methylation in Alzheimer's Disease.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Vivek Kumar SharmaChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.
Vineet MehtaGovt. College of Pharmacy, Rohru, District Shimla, Himachal Pradesh-171207, India.
Thakur Gurjeet SinghChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.
Chitkara University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gene based therapeutics and drug targets have shown incredible and appreciable advances in alleviating human sufferings and complexities. Epigenetics simply means above genetics or which controls the organism beyond genetics. At present it is very clear that all characteristics of an individual are not determined by DNA alone, rather the environment, stress, life style and nutrition play a vital part in determining the response of an organism. Thus, nature (genetic makeup) and nurture (exposure) play equally important roles in the responses observed, both at the cellular and organism levels. Epigenetics influence plethora of complications at cellular and molecular levels that includes cancer, metabolic and cardiovascular complications including neurological (psychosis) and neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson disease etc.). The epigenetic mechanisms include DNA methylation, histone modification and non coding RNA which have substantial impact on progression and pathways linked to Alzheimer's disease. The epigenetic mechanism gets deregulated in Alzheimer's disease and is characterized by DNA hyper methylation, deacetylation of histones and general repressed chromatin state which alter gene expression at the transcription level by upregulation, downregulation or silencing of genes. Thus, the processes or modulators of these epigenetic processes have shown vast potential as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene ExpressionHistone CodeHumansRisk FactorsRNA, UntranslatedRNA, UntranslatedAlzheimer`s diseaseamyloid βDNA methylationepigeneticshistonenon coding RNA

Identifiers

PMID31989902
PMCPMC7536832
OpenAlexW3004196371

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