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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2021

Understanding the Exchange of Systemic HDL Particles Into the Brain and Vascular Cells Has Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Juno Van Valkenburgh, Cristiana Meuret, Ashley E Martinez, Vibha Kodancha, Victoria Solomon, Kai Chen, Hussein N Yassine

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-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.

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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. APOE-Targeted Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  19. The small HDL particle hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juno Van ValkenburghDepartment of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Cristiana MeuretDepartment of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Ashley E MartinezDepartment of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Vibha KodanchaDepartment of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Victoria SolomonDepartment of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Kai ChenDepartment of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Hussein N YassineDepartment of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

VASCULAR RISK AND COGNITIVE STATUS IN A LATINO POPULATIONP50AG005142 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BRASKIE, MEREDITH NICOLE · 1985 to 2019
$41.0M
The delivery of essential fatty acids to the Brain in Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG054434 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI YASSINE, HUSSEIN N · 2017 to 2021
$5.4M
Biomarkers of ABCA1 mediated functions in Alzheimers diseaseR01AG055770 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI YASSINE, HUSSEIN N · 2017 to 2021
$4.2M
ApoE, ABCA1 and endosomal dysregulation in ADR01AG067063 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI YASSINE, HUSSEIN N · 2020 to 2024
$3.4M
DHA brain delivery by APOE genotypeR21AG056518 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI YASSINE, HUSSEIN N · 2018 to 2019
$464k
NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005142NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054434NIA NIH HHS R01 AG055770NIA NIH HHS R01 AG067063NIA NIH HHS R21 AG056518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) are complex, heterogenous lipoprotein particles, consisting of a large family of apolipoproteins, formed in subspecies of distinct shapes, sizes, and functions and are synthesized in both the brain and the periphery. HDL apolipoproteins are important determinants of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and vascular dementia, having both central and peripheral effects on brain amyloid-beta (Aβ) accumulation and vascular functions, however, the extent to which HDL particles (HLD-P) can exchange their protein and lipid components between the central nervous system (CNS) and the systemic circulation remains unclear. In this review, we delineate how HDL's structure and composition enable exchange between the brain, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) compartment, and vascular cells that ultimately affect brain amyloid metabolism and atherosclerosis. Accordingly, we then elucidate how modifications of HDL-P have diagnostic and therapeutic potential for brain vascular and neurodegenerative diseases.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseApoA-IAPOEHDLimagingvascuar

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PMID34552500
PMCPMC8450374
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