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SynthesisInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Exploring the Etiological Links behind Neurodegenerative Diseases: Inflammatory Cytokines and Bioactive Kynurenines.

Masaru Tanaka, József Toldi, László Vécsei

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Synthesis in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 137 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

137 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 233 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masaru TanakaMTA-SZTE, Neuroscience Research Group, Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary.
József ToldiDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary.
László VécseiMTA-SZTE, Neuroscience Research Group, Semmelweis u. 6, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary.
University of Szeged · HU

Funding

GINOP 2.3.2-15-2016-00034TUDFO 47138-1/2019-ITM
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the most common neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), presenting a broad range of symptoms from motor dysfunctions to psychobehavioral manifestations. A common clinical course is the proteinopathy-induced neural dysfunction leading to anatomically corresponding neuropathies. However, current diagnostic criteria based on pathology and symptomatology are of little value for the sake of disease prevention and drug development. Overviewing the pathomechanism of NDs, this review incorporates systematic reviews on inflammatory cytokines and tryptophan metabolites kynurenines (KYNs) of human samples, to present an inferential method to explore potential links behind NDs. The results revealed increases of pro-inflammatory cytokines and neurotoxic KYNs in NDs, increases of anti-inflammatory cytokines in AD, PD, Huntington's disease (HD), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated neurocognitive disorders, and decreases of neuromodulatory KYNs in AD, PD, and HD. The results reinforced a strong link between inflammation and neurotoxic KYNs, confirmed activation of adaptive immune response, and suggested a possible role in the decrease of neuromodulatory KYNs, all of which may contribute to the development of chronic low grade inflammation. Commonalities of multifactorial NDs were discussed to present a current limit of diagnostic criteria, a need for preclinical biomarkers, and an approach to search the initiation factors of NDs.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBiomarkersCytokinesHumansHuntington DiseaseInflammationKynurenineNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesTryptophanAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBiomarkersCytokinesKynurenineReactive Oxygen SpeciesTryptophanAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloidcytokinekynureninemultifactorial causalityneurodegenerative diseasesneuroinflammationParkinson’s diseasepriontautryptophan

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PMID32244523
PMCPMC7177899
OpenAlexW3014729659

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