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ArticleBiomacromolecules2020

Transthyretin Inhibits Primary and Secondary Nucleations of Amyloid-β Peptide Aggregation and Reduces the Toxicity of Its Oligomers.

Seyyed Abolghasem Ghadami, Sean Chia, Francesco Simone Ruggeri, Georg Meisl, Francesco Bemporad, Johnny Habchi, Roberta Cascella, Christopher M Dobson, Michele Vendruscolo, Tuomas P J Knowles and 1 more

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Seyyed Abolghasem GhadamiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Section of Biochemistry, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Sean ChiaDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
Francesco Simone RuggeriDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
Georg MeislDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-6562-7715
Francesco BemporadDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Section of Biochemistry, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Johnny HabchiDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
Roberta CascellaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Section of Biochemistry, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Christopher M DobsonDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
Michele VendruscoloDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3616-1610
Tuomas P J KnowlesDepartment of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-7879-0140
Fabrizio ChitiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Section of Biochemistry, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1330-1289
University of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is associated with the deposition of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) into extracellular senile plaques in the brain. In vitro and in vivo observations have indicated that transthyretin (TTR) acts as an Aβ scavenger in the brain, but the mechanism has not been fully resolved. We have monitored the aggregation process of Aβ

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesHumansMacromolecular SubstancesPeptide FragmentsPlaque, AmyloidPrealbuminAmyloid beta-PeptidesMacromolecular SubstancesPeptide FragmentsPrealbumin

Identifiers

PMID32011129
PMCPMC7997117
OpenAlexW3005458426

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