Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34095227›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in molecular biosciences2021

The Sulfation Code of Tauopathies: Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in the Prion Like Spread of Tau Pathology.

Dylan Mah, Jing Zhao, Xinyue Liu, Fuming Zhang, Jian Liu, Lianchun Wang, Robert Linhardt, Chunyu Wang

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Lung endothelial cytopathic tau is sufficient to impair long-term potentiation during infection.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Structure-specific Mini-Prion Model for Alzheimer's Disease Tau Fibrils.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
    Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Mechanism of Metal Complexes in Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dylan MahDepartment of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States.
Jing ZhaoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States.
Xinyue LiuDepartment of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States.
Fuming ZhangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States.
Jian LiuEshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Lianchun WangMorsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Robert LinhardtDepartment of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States.
Chunyu WangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · USHarvard University · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

TR&D3. Approaches to Proteoglycan Function at Biochemical and Cellular LevelsP41GM103390 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MOREMEN, KELLEY W. · 2012 to 2019
$14.5M
Heparan Sulfate 3-O-Sulfation in Transcellular Propagation of Tauopathy in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG069039 · NIA · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI LINHARDT, ROBERT J, LIU, JIAN · 2020 to 2020
$2.6M
Heparan sulfate proteoglycan in the brain vascular clearance of amyloid-β and Alzheimer's diseaseRF1AG074289 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI WANG, LIANCHUN · 2021 to 2021
$1.8M
Predoctoral Training Program for Alzheimer’s Disease at the Interface of Data Science, Engineering and BiologyT32AG078123 · NIA · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI Chunyu Wang · 2023 to 2026
$974k
Heparan sulfate proteoglycan in Alzheimer's diseaseR56AG062344 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI WANG, LIANCHUN · 2018 to 2018
$785k
NIA NIH HHS R56 AG062344NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG069039NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG074289NIA NIH HHS T32 AG078123NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103390
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tauopathies are a heterogenous family of progressive neurodegenerative diseases defined by the appearance of proteinaceous lesions within the brain composed of abnormally folded species of Microtubule Associated Protein Tau (tau). Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the most common tauopathy, is the leading cause of cognitive decline among the elderly and is responsible for more than half of all cases of senile dementia worldwide. The characteristic pathology of many tauopathies-AD included-presents as Neurofibrillary Tangles (NFTs), insoluble inclusions found within the neurons of the central nervous system composed primarily of tau protein arranged into Paired Helical Fibrils (PHFs). The spatial extent of this pathology evolves in a remarkably consistent pattern over the course of disease progression. Among the leading hypotheses which seek to explain the stereotypical progression of tauopathies is the

Indexed as

2-O and 6-O sulfated heparins3-O sulfationAlzheimer’s diseaseglycobiologyheparan sulfateneurodegenerative diseasesprions and prion diseasetauopathies

Identifiers

PMID34095227
PMCPMC8173255
OpenAlexW3161608329

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.