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ReviewBiomolecules2020

The Role of HDL and HDL Mimetic Peptides as Potential Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease.

Dustin Chernick, Rui Zhong, Ling Li

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Review in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 33 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.

Dustin ChernickGraduate Program in Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55446, USA.
Rui ZhongDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55446, USA.
Ling LiGraduate Program in Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55446, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9245-7387
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

HDL Mimetic Peptide-Mediated Enhancement of Neurovascular Function to Mitigate Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG058081 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LI, LING · 2018 to 2018
$1.9M
Dysregulation of Protein Prenylation in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG056976 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI DISTEFANO, MARK D, LI, LING · 2017 to 2017
$1.9M
Testing a Unique HDL Mimetic Peptide to Reverse ApoE4 Lipidation Deficiency and Alzheimer's NeuropathologyR21AG056025 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LI, LING · 2017 to 2018
$419k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG056025NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG056976NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG058081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in the cardiovascular system has been extensively studied and the cardioprotective effects of HDL are well established. As HDL particles are formed both in the systemic circulation and in the central nervous system, the role of HDL and its associated apolipoproteins in the brain has attracted much research interest in recent years. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of dementia worldwide, for which there currently exists no approved disease modifying treatment. Multiple lines of evidence, including a number of large-scale human clinical studies, have shown a robust connection between HDL levels and AD. Low levels of HDL are associated with increased risk and severity of AD, whereas high levels of HDL are correlated with superior cognitive function. Although the mechanisms underlying the protective effects of HDL in the brain are not fully understood, many of the functions of HDL, including reverse lipid/cholesterol transport, anti-inflammation/immune modulation, anti-oxidation, microvessel endothelial protection, and proteopathy modification, are thought to be critical for its beneficial effects. This review describes the current evidence for the role of HDL in AD and the potential of using small peptides mimicking HDL or its associated apolipoproteins (HDL-mimetic peptides) as therapeutics to treat AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsApolipoproteinsBlood CirculationCentral Nervous SystemHumansLipoproteins, HDLMolecular MimicryPeptidesApolipoproteinsLipoproteins, HDLPeptidesAlzheimer’s diseaseapolipoproteinshigh-density lipoproteinsmimetic peptides

Identifiers

PMID32899606
PMCPMC7563116
OpenAlexW3082884894

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