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ReviewNeuron2021

Apolipoprotein E: Structural Insights and Links to Alzheimer Disease Pathogenesis.

Yun Chen, Michael R Strickland, Andrea Soranno, David M Holtzman

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Review in Neuron, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 166 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
166citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
17.7field-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

166 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 301 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yun ChenDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; The Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Michael R StricklandDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; The Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Andrea SorannoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Center for Science & Engineering of Living Systems, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
David M HoltzmanDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Center for Science & Engineering of Living Systems, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: holtzman@wustl.edu.
Living Systems (United States) · USHope Center for Neurological Disorders · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Effect of APOE on CNS Neurons: Role of LRPRF1NS090934 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, DAVID M. · 2020 to 2025
$6.5M
Novel Strategies and Mechanisms to Target APOE and Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG047644 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, DAVID M., HYMAN, BRADLEY T. · 2019 to 2019
$3.8M
Effect of APOE on CNS Neurons: Role of LRPR01NS090934 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, DAVID M. · 2014 to 2018
$3.0M
Novel Strategies and Mechanisms to Target APOE and Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG047644 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, DAVID M. · 2014 to 2018
$2.8M
Multidisciplinary Training in Alzheimer and Related DementiasT32AG058518 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Eric Martin McDade, Barbara Joy Snider · 2018 to 2026
$2.3M
Conformational and functional analysis of Apolipoprotein ER01AG062837 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SORANNO, ANDREA · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047644NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062837NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG047644NIA NIH HHS T32 AG058518NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS090934NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS090934
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is of great interest due to its role as a cholesterol/lipid transporter in the central nervous system (CNS) and as the most influential genetic risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD). Work over the last four decades has given us important insights into the structure of ApoE and how this might impact the neuropathology and pathogenesis of AD. In this review, we highlight the history and progress in the structural and molecular understanding of ApoE and discuss how these studies on ApoE have illuminated the physiology of ApoE, receptor binding, and interaction with amyloid-β (Aβ). We also identify future areas of study needed to advance our understanding of how ApoE influences neurodegeneration.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsApolipoproteins EBrainHumansProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein TransportReceptors, LDLApolipoproteins ELDLR protein, humanReceptors, LDLADAlzheimer diseaseAmyloid-βApoEApolipoprotein EAβLDLRlow-density lipoprotein receptor

Identifiers

PMID33176118
PMCPMC7931158
OpenAlexW3104621343

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