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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics2020

The aging lysosome: An essential catalyst for late-onset neurodegenerative diseases.

Ralph A Nixon

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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
90citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.3field-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

90 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Shift of the insoluble content of the proteome in the aging mouse brain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  11. Autophagy: A Double-Edged Sword in the Aging ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  12. Lysosomal homeostasis at the crossroads of neurodegeneration.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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30 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ralph A NixonCenter for Dementia Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA; Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, 550 First Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Cell Biology, New York University Langone Medical Center, 550 First Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, 550 First Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: nixon@nki.rfmh.org.
NYU Langone Health · US

Funding

Uncovering Alzheimer's disease risk mechanisms through neuron-specific analysis of autophagy and endosomal-lysosomal functionP01AG017617 · NIA · NATHAN S. KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCH RES · PI NIXON, RALPH A. · 2000 to 2021
$40.0M
Endosome Dysfunction in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG062376 · NIA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI NIXON, RALPH A. · 2018 to 2022
$3.7M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG017617NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062376
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lysosomes figure prominently in theories of aging as the proteolytic system most responsible for eliminating growing burdens of damaged proteins and organelles in aging neurons and other long lived cells. Newer evidence shows that diverse experimental measures known to extend lifespan in invertebrate aging models share the property of boosting lysosomal clearance of substrates through the autophagy pathway. Maintaining an optimal level of lysosome acidification is particularly crucial for these anti-aging effects. The exceptional dependence of neurons on fully functional lysosomes is reflected by the neurological phenotypes that develop in congenital lysosomal storage disorders, which commonly present as severe neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative conditions even though the lysosomal deficit maybe systemic. Similar connections are now being appreciated between primary lysosomal deficit and the risk for late age-onset neurodegenerative disorders. In diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, as in aging alone, primary lysosome dysfunction due to acidification impairment is emerging as a frequent theme, supported by the growing list of familial neurodegenerative disorders that involve primary vATPase dysfunction. The additional cellular roles played by intraluminal pH in sensing nutrient and stress and modulating cellular signaling have further expanded the possible ways that lysosomal pH dysregulation in aging and disease can disrupt neuronal function. Here, we consider the impact of cellular aging on lysosomes and how the changes during aging may create the tipping point for disease emergence in major late-age onset neurodegenerative disorders.

Indexed as

AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAutophagyHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationHydrolasesLysosomesNeurodegenerative DiseasesOxidative StressParkinson DiseaseProteolysisHydrolasesAlzheimer's diseaseAutophagyLysosomes

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PMID32416272
PMCPMC7388076
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