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ReviewProgress in neurobiology2021

Glucose metabolic crosstalk and regulation in brain function and diseases.

Shuai Zhang, Brittany Bolduc Lachance, Mark P Mattson, Xiaofeng Jia

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Review in Progress in neurobiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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114citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
9.4field-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

114 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shuai ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States.
Brittany Bolduc LachanceProgram in Trauma, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States.
Mark P MattsonDepartment of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States.
Xiaofeng JiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States; Department of Orthopedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States; Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States. Electronic address: xjia@som.umaryland.edu.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Stem Cell Surface Modification to Promote Nerve RegenerationR01NS117102 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Xiaofeng Jia · 2021 to 2026
$2.0M
Brain Monitoring and Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac ArrestR01HL118084 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI JIA, XIAOFENG · 2013 to 2018
$1.9M
Brain Recovery after Cardiac Arrest with Metabolic Glycoengineered Stem CellsR01NS110387 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI JIA, XIAOFENG · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118084NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS110387NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS117102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain glucose metabolism, including glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway, and glycogen turnover, produces ATP for energetic support and provides the precursors for the synthesis of biological macromolecules. Although glucose metabolism in neurons and astrocytes has been extensively studied, the glucose metabolism of microglia and oligodendrocytes, and their interactions with neurons and astrocytes, remain critical to understand brain function. Brain regions with heterogeneous cell composition and cell-type-specific profiles of glucose metabolism suggest that metabolic networks within the brain are complex. Signal transduction proteins including those in the Wnt, GSK-3β, PI3K-AKT, and AMPK pathways are involved in regulating these networks. Additionally, glycolytic enzymes and metabolites, such as hexokinase 2, acetyl-CoA, and enolase 2, are implicated in the modulation of cellular function, microglial activation, glycation, and acetylation of biomolecules. Given these extensive networks, glucose metabolism dysfunction in the whole brain or specific cell types is strongly associated with neurologic pathology including ischemic brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders. This review characterizes the glucose metabolism networks of the brain based on molecular signaling and cellular and regional interactions, and elucidates glucose metabolism-based mechanisms of neurological diseases and therapeutic approaches that may ameliorate metabolic abnormalities in those diseases.

Indexed as

BrainCarbohydrate MetabolismGlucoseGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaGlycolysisPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesGlucoseGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesBrainGlucose metabolismGlycolysisNeurological diseaseSignal regulation

Identifiers

PMID34118354
PMCPMC8380002
OpenAlexW3168810092

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