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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2021

Tubulin and Tubulin Posttranslational Modifications in Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia.

Estibaliz Santiago-Mujika, Ruth Luthi-Carter, Flaviano Giorgini, Raj N Kalaria, Elizabeta B Mukaetova-Ladinska

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Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Imaging microtubule dynamics: A new frontier in biomarker development for neurodegenerative diseases.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  5. CaMKIIβ-mediated Phosphorylation Enhances Protein Stability of Spastin to Promote Neurite Outgrowth.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  13. Virus-Induced Membrane Fusion in Neurodegenerative Disorders.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Estibaliz Santiago-MujikaDepartment of Neuroscience, Behavior and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Ruth Luthi-CarterDepartment of Neuroscience, Behavior and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Flaviano GiorginiDepartment of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Raj N KalariaTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Elizabeta B Mukaetova-LadinskaDepartment of Neuroscience, Behavior and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
University of Leicester · GBLeicester General Hospital · GBNewcastle University · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400074Medical Research Council G0502157Medical Research Council G0900652Medical Research Council G1100540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) are the two most common forms of dementia in older people. Although these two dementia types differ in their etiology, they share many pathophysiological and morphological features, including neuronal loss, which is associated with the microtubule (MT) destabilization. Stabilization of MTs is achieved in different ways: through interactions with MT binding proteins (MTBP) or by posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of tubulin. Polyglutamylation and tyrosination are two foremost PTMs that regulate the interaction between MTs and MTBPs, and play, therefore, a role in neurodegeneration. In this review, we summarize key information on tubulin PTMs in relation to AD and VaD and address the importance of studying further the tubulin code to reveal sites of potential intervention in development of novel and effective dementia therapy.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseaseposttranslational modificationtubulintubulin codevascular dementia

Identifiers

PMID34776926
PMCPMC8586541
OpenAlexW3208948852

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