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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Novelty of Sphingolipids in the Central Nervous System Physiology and Disease: Focusing on the Sphingolipid Hypothesis of Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration.

Maria Ayub, Hee-Kyung Jin, Jae-Sung Bae

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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 24 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 46 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.

Maria AyubKNU Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.
Hee-Kyung JinKNU Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.
Jae-Sung BaeKNU Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.
Kyungpook National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For decades, lipids were confined to the field of structural biology and energetics as they were considered only structural constituents of cellular membranes and efficient sources of energy production. However, with advances in our understanding in lipidomics and improvements in the technological approaches, astounding discoveries have been made in exploring the role of lipids as signaling molecules, termed bioactive lipids. Among these bioactive lipids, sphingolipids have emerged as distinctive mediators of various cellular processes, ranging from cell growth and proliferation to cellular apoptosis, executing immune responses to regulating inflammation. Recent studies have made it clear that sphingolipids, their metabolic intermediates (ceramide, sphingosine-1-phosphate, and N-acetyl sphingosine), and enzyme systems (cyclooxygenases, sphingosine kinases, and sphingomyelinase) harbor diverse yet interconnected signaling pathways in the central nervous system (CNS), orchestrate CNS physiological processes, and participate in a plethora of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders. Considering the unequivocal importance of sphingolipids in CNS, we review the recent discoveries detailing the major enzymes involved in sphingolipid metabolism (particularly sphingosine kinase 1), novel metabolic intermediates (N-acetyl sphingosine), and their complex interactions in CNS physiology, disruption of their functionality in neurodegenerative disorders, and therapeutic strategies targeting sphingolipids for improved drug approaches.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalAlzheimer DiseaseCentral Nervous SystemCeramidesEicosanoidsForecastingHomeostasisHumansInflammationLipoxygenaseLysophospholipidsMembrane LipidsNerve DegenerationNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeurogliaNeuronsCeramidesEicosanoidsLipoxygenaseLysophospholipidsMembrane LipidsN-acetylsphingosinePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesSphingolipidsSphingosinesphingosine 1-phosphateSphingosine KinaseAlzheimer’s diseaseCOX2N-acetyl sphingosinespecialized pro-resolving lipid mediatorssphingolipidssphingosine kinase 1

Identifiers

PMID34298977
PMCPMC8303517
OpenAlexW3183106343

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