ArticleMolecular neurobiology2021
Tacrolimus Decreases Cognitive Function by Impairing Hippocampal Synaptic Balance: a Possible Role of Klotho.
Article in Molecular neurobiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Humanized Klotho haplotypes cause widespread transcriptomic changes in mouse brain.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Calcineurin/NFAT inhibitors maintain cognition in a preclinical prevention study in an aging canine model of Alzheimer disease.Neurobiology of aging · 2025Article
- Tacrolimus-Induced Neurotoxicity After Transplant: A Literature Review.Drug safety · 2024Review
- Article
- Understanding the impact of pediatric kidney transplantation on cognition: A review of the literature.Pediatric transplantation · 2023Review
- Long-term normalization of calcineurin activity in model mice rescues Pin1 and attenuates Alzheimer's phenotypes without blocking peripheral T cell IL-2 response.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2023Article
- Neurocognitive deficits may not resolve following pediatric kidney transplantation.Pediatric transplantation · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The influence of long-term tacrolimus treatment on cognitive function remains to be elucidated. Using a murine model of chronic tacrolimus neurotoxicity, we evaluated the effects of tacrolimus on cognitive function, synaptic balance, its regulating protein (Klotho), and oxidative stress in the hippocampus. Compared to vehicle-treated mice, tacrolimus-treated mice showed significantly decreased hippocampal-dependent spatial learning and memory function. Furthermore, tacrolimus caused synaptic imbalance, as demonstrated by decreased excitatory synapses and increased inhibitory synapses, and downregulated Klotho in a dose-dependent manner; the downregulation of Klotho was localized to excitatory hippocampal synapses. Moreover, tacrolimus increased oxidative stress and was associated with activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway in the hippocampus. These results indicate that tacrolimus impairs cognitive function via synaptic imbalance, and that these processes are associated with Klotho downregulation at synapses through tacrolimus-induced oxidative stress in the hippocampus.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.