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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Examining the Toxicity of α-Synuclein in Neurodegenerative Disorders.

Frank Y Shan, Kar-Ming Fung, Tarek Zieneldien, Janice Kim, Chuanhai Cao, Jason H Huang

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Frank Y ShanDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX 76508, USA.
Kar-Ming FungDepartment of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
Tarek ZieneldienDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Janice KimDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Chuanhai CaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Jason H HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX 76508, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4426-0168
University of South Florida · USBaylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple · USUniversity of Oklahoma Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-synuclein is considered the main pathological protein in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, and dementia with Lewy bodies. As of now, numerous studies have been aimed at examining the post-translational modifications of α-synuclein to determine their effects on α-synuclein aggregation, propagation, and oligomerization, as well as the potential cellular pathway dysfunctions caused by α-synuclein, to determine the role of the protein in disease progression. Furthermore, α-synuclein also appears to contribute to the fibrilization of tau and amyloid beta, which are crucial proteins in Alzheimer's disease, advocating for α-synuclein's preeminent role in neurodegeneration. Due to this, investigating the mechanisms of toxicity of α-synuclein in neurodegeneration may lead to a more proficient understanding of the timeline progression in neurodegenerative synucleinopathies and could thereby lead to the development of potent targeted therapies.

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dopamineLewy bodyParkinson’s diseasepost-translational modificationssubstantia nigrasynucleinopathy

Identifiers

PMID34833002
PMCPMC8621244
OpenAlexW3210292156

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