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ReviewMolecular neurodegeneration2020

Mitochondria dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: recent advances.

Wenzhang Wang, Fanpeng Zhao, Xiaopin Ma, George Perry, Xiongwei Zhu

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Review in Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 731 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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731citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
69.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

731 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,175 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Reframing Alzheimer's Disease Through a Redox-Metabolic Framework.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  14. A peripheral perspective on brain health: vascular and skeletal muscle contributions.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenzhang WangDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. wenzhang.wang@case.edu.
Fanpeng ZhaoDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Xiaopin MaDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
George PerryCollege of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. george.perry@utsa.edu.
Xiongwei ZhuDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. xiongwei.zhu@case.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2092-6508
Cornell University · USThe University of Texas at San Antonio · US

Funding

Translational Therapeutics CoreP30AG062428 · NIA · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI LEVERENZ, JAMES BRUCE · 2019 to 2020
$5.0M
The Role of PGC-1alpha and Mitochondrial Biogenesis in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG056363 · NIA · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, XIONGWEI · 2018 to 2018
$3.2M
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Mitochondrial Dynamics Abnormalities in Alzheimer DiseaseRF1AG049479 · NIA · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, XIONGWEI · 2016 to 2016
$2.6M
Abnormal Mitochondrial Dynamics and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Alzheimer's DiseR01NS083385 · NINDS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, XIONGWEI · 2013 to 2017
$2.1M
Impaired mitochondrial proteostasis in Alzheimer?s diseaseR21AG058015 · NIA · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, WENZHANG · 2018 to 2019
$440k
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG062428NIA NIH HHS R21 AG058015NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG049479NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG056363NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by impaired cognitive function due to progressive loss of neurons in the brain. Under the microscope, neuronal accumulation of abnormal tau proteins and amyloid plaques are two pathological hallmarks in affected brain regions. Although the detailed mechanism of the pathogenesis of AD is still elusive, a large body of evidence suggests that damaged mitochondria likely play fundamental roles in the pathogenesis of AD. It is believed that a healthy pool of mitochondria not only supports neuronal activity by providing enough energy supply and other related mitochondrial functions to neurons, but also guards neurons by minimizing mitochondrial related oxidative damage. In this regard, exploration of the multitude of mitochondrial mechanisms altered in the pathogenesis of AD constitutes novel promising therapeutic targets for the disease. In this review, we will summarize recent progress that underscores the essential role of mitochondria dysfunction in the pathogenesis of AD and discuss mechanisms underlying mitochondrial dysfunction with a focus on the loss of mitochondrial structural and functional integrity in AD including mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics, axonal transport, ER-mitochondria interaction, mitophagy and mitochondrial proteostasis.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBrainHumansMitochondriaNeuronstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-Peptidestau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseAxonal transportBioenergeticsER-mitochondria associationMitochondrial biogenesisMitochondrial dynamicsMitochondrial dysfunctionMitochondrial proteostasisMitochondrial quality controlmtDNA

Identifiers

PMID32471464
PMCPMC7257174
OpenAlexW3029234273

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