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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Palmitoylethanolamide Counteracts Enteric Inflammation and Bowel Motor Dysfunctions in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Vanessa D'Antongiovanni, Carolina Pellegrini, Luca Antonioli, Laura Benvenuti, Clelia Di Salvo, Lorenzo Flori, Rebecca Piccarducci, Simona Daniele, Alma Martelli, Vincenzo Calderone and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vanessa D'AntongiovanniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Carolina PellegriniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Luca AntonioliDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Laura BenvenutiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Clelia Di SalvoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Lorenzo FloriDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Rebecca PiccarducciDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Simona DanieleDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Alma MartelliDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Vincenzo CalderoneDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Claudia MartiniDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Matteo FornaiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
University of Pisa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), an endogenous lipid mediator, is emerging as a promising pharmacological agent in multiple neurodegenerative disorders for its anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties. However, its effects on enteric inflammation and colonic dysmotility associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are lacking. This study was designed to investigate the beneficial effect of PEA administration in counteracting the enteric inflammation and relieving the bowel motor dysfunctions in an AD mouse model, SAMP8 mice. In addition, the ability of PEA in modulating the activation of enteric glial cells (EGCs), pivotally involved in the pathophysiology of bowel dysfunctions associated with inflammatory conditions, has also been examined. SAMP8 mice at 4 months of age were treated orally with PEA (5 mg/kg/day) for 2 months. SAMR1 animals were employed as controls. At the end of treatment, parameters dealing with colonic motility, inflammation, barrier integrity and AD protein accumulation were evaluated. The effect of PEA on EGCs was tested in cultured cells treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus β-amyloid 1-42 (Aβ). SAMP8 treated with PEA displayed: 1) an improvement of

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alzheimer’s diseasecolonic dysmotilityenteric glial cellsenteric gliosisintestinal inflammationpalmitoylethanolamideSAMP8 micetoll-like receptor

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PMID34658885
PMCPMC8511319
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