ArticleTranslational psychiatry2022
Progranulin improves neural development via the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β pathway in the cerebellum of a VPA-induced rat model of ASD.
Article in Translational psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genetic frontotemporal degeneration across the lifespan? A critical appraisal of the neurodevelopmental hypothesis.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Review
- Progranulin deficiency in the brain activates an insulin signaling pathway that may promote neurodegeneration.iScience · 2026Article
- Apoptotic BMSCs reduce grafted islets apoptosis through the holo-Lcn2/Slc22a17/FeStem cell research & therapy · 2026Article
- Protein-Altering Variants' Analysis in Autism Subgroups Uncovers Early Brain-Expressed Gene Modules Relevant to Autism Pathophysiology.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- BDNF and GSK-3beta expression changes underlie the beneficial effects of crocin on behavioral alterations in a rat model of autism induced by prenatal valproic acid administration.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Article
- NEAT1 Promotes Valproic Acid-Induced Autism Spectrum Disorder by Recruiting YY1 to Regulate UBE3A Transcription.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Perindopril Ameliorates Sodium Valproate-Induced Rat Model of Autism: Involvement of Sirtuin-1, JAK2/STAT3 Axis, PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β Pathway, and PPAR-Gamma Signaling.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Shank3 deficiency elicits autistic-like behaviors by activating p38α in hypothalamic AgRP neurons.Molecular autism · 2024Article
- IL-6 Enhances the Activation of PI3K-AKT/mTOR-GSK-3β by Upregulating GRPR in Hippocampal Neurons of Autistic Mice.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2024Article
- Oligodendrocyte-derived exosomes-containing SIRT2 ameliorates depressive-like behaviors and restores hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity via the AKT/GSK-3β pathway in depressed mice.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Article
- The Impact of Microglia on Neurodevelopment and Brain Function in Autism.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Mechanism ofCurrent computer-aided drug design · 2024Article
- Melatonin ameliorates sleep-wake disturbances and autism-like behaviors in the Ctnnd2 knock out mouse model of autism spectrum disorders.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2023Article
- Progranulin Protects against Hyperglycemia-Induced Neuronal Dysfunction through GSK3β Signaling.Cells · 2023Article
- Granulin loss of function in human mature brain organoids implicates astrocytes in TDP-43 pathology.Stem cell reports · 2023Article
- Hypoxic Preconditioned Neural Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Contain Distinct Protein Cargo from Their Normal Counterparts.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Article
- Preclinical Interventions in Mouse Models of Frontotemporal Dementia Due to Progranulin Mutations.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2023Review
- Building better brains: the pleiotropic function of neurotrophic factors in postnatal cerebellar development.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023Review
- Progranulin is an FMRP target that influences macroorchidism but not behaviour in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome.Current research in neurobiology · 2023Article
- Effects of early maternal separation on the expression levels of hippocampal and prefrontal cortex genes and pathways in lactating piglets.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disease featuring social interaction deficits and repetitive/stereotyped behaviours; the prevalence of this disorder has continuously increased. Progranulin (PGRN) is a neurotrophic factor that promotes neuronal survival and differentiation. However, there have not been sufficient studies investigating its effect in animal models of autism. This study investigated the effects of PGRN on autistic phenotypes in rats treated with valproic acid (VPA) and assessed the underlying molecular mechanisms. PGRN was significantly downregulated in the cerebellum at postnatal day 14 (PND14) and PND35 in VPA-exposed rats, which simultaneously showed defective social preference, increased repetitive behaviours, and uncoordinated movements. When human recombinant PGRN (r-PGRN) was injected into the cerebellum of newborn ASD model rats (PND10 and PND17), some of the behavioural defects were alleviated. r-PGRN supplementation also reduced cerebellar neuronal apoptosis and rescued synapse formation in ASD rats. Mechanistically, we confirmed that PGRN protects neurodevelopment via the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β pathway in the cerebellum of a rat ASD model. Moreover, we found that prosaposin (PSAP) promoted the internalisation and neurotrophic activity of PGRN. These results experimentally demonstrate the therapeutic effects of PGRN on a rat model of ASD for the first time and provide a novel therapeutic strategy for autism.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.