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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Contribution of Small Vessel Disease to Neurodegeneration: Focus on Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis.

Federico Paolini Paoletti, Simone Simoni, Lucilla Parnetti, Lorenzo Gaetani

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Federico Paolini PaolettiSection of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy.
Simone SimoniSection of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy.
Lucilla ParnettiSection of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5722-3967
Lorenzo GaetaniSection of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3967-8954
University of Perugia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain small vessel disease (SVD) refers to a variety of structural and functional changes affecting small arteries and micro vessels, and manifesting as white matter changes, microbleeds and lacunar infarcts. Growing evidence indicates that SVD might play a significant role in the neurobiology of central nervous system (CNS) neurodegenerative disorders, namely Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), and neuroinflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). These disorders share different pathophysiological pathways and molecular mechanisms (i.e., protein misfolding, derangement of cellular clearance systems, mitochondrial impairment and immune system activation) having neurodegeneration as biological outcome. In these diseases, the actual contribution of SVD to the clinical picture, and its impact on response to pharmacological treatments, is not known yet. Due to the high frequency of SVD in adult-aged patients, it is important to address this issue. In this review, we report preclinical and clinical data on the impact of SVD in AD, PD and MS, with the main aim of clarifying the predictability of SVD on clinical manifestations and treatment response.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBiomarkersCerebral Small Vessel DiseasesHumansMultiple SclerosisNerve DegenerationParkinson DiseaseBiomarkersAlzheimer’s diseasemultiple sclerosisneurodegenerationneuroinflammationParkinson’s diseasesmall vessel disease

Identifiers

PMID34066951
PMCPMC8125719
OpenAlexW3159872585

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