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ReviewCells2021

Autophagy in α-Synucleinopathies-An Overstrained System.

Lisa Fellner, Elisa Gabassi, Johannes Haybaeck, Frank Edenhofer

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Rab27b Promotes Lysosomal Function and Alpha-Synuclein Clearance in Neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  10. International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  16. Parkinson's Disease: A Tale of Many Players.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2023
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  18. Autophagy and Its Association with Genetic Mutations in Parkinson Disease.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lisa FellnerDepartment of Genomics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Molecular Biology & CMBI, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-9106-1199
Elisa GabassiDepartment of Genomics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Molecular Biology & CMBI, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Johannes HaybaeckInstitute of Pathology, Neuropathology and Molecular Pathology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Frank EdenhoferDepartment of Genomics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Molecular Biology & CMBI, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6489-714X
Universität Innsbruck · ATInnsbruck Medical University · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF I 4791Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ED 79/4-1FWF Austrian Science Fund I 4791-BFWF Austrian Science Fund SFB F7810
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-synucleinopathies comprise progressive neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). They all exhibit the same pathological hallmark, which is the formation of α-synuclein positive deposits in neuronal or glial cells. The aggregation of α-synuclein in the cell body of neurons, giving rise to the so-called Lewy bodies (LBs), is the major characteristic for PD and DLB, whereas the accumulation of α-synuclein in oligodendroglial cells, so-called glial cytoplasmic inclusions (GCIs), is the hallmark for MSA. The mechanisms involved in the intracytoplasmic inclusion formation in neuronal and oligodendroglial cells are not fully understood to date. A possible mechanism could be an impaired autophagic machinery that cannot cope with the high intracellular amount of α-synuclein. In fact, different studies showed that reduced autophagy is involved in α-synuclein aggregation. Furthermore, altered levels of different autophagy markers were reported in PD, DLB, and MSA brains. To date, the trigger point in disease initiation is not entirely clear; that is, whether autophagy dysfunction alone suffices to increase α-synuclein or whether α-synuclein is the pathogenic driver. In the current review, we discuss the involvement of defective autophagy machinery in the formation of α-synuclein aggregates, propagation of α-synuclein, and the resulting neurodegenerative processes in α-synucleinopathies.

Indexed as

Autophagyalpha-SynucleinAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansNeuronsOligodendrogliaSynucleinopathiesalpha-Synucleinalpha-synucleinautophagymultiple system atrophyneuronsoligodendrogliaParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID34831366
PMCPMC8618716
OpenAlexW3213077762

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