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ReviewActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2022

Remembering your A, B, C's: Alzheimer's disease and ABCA1.

Cutler T Lewandowski, Megan S Laham, Gregory R J Thatcher

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Review in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cutler T LewandowskiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Megan S LahamDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Gregory R J ThatcherDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
University of Arizona · USIllinois College · US

Funding

Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement in Human Research Protections.UL1TR002003 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KARNIK, NIRANJAN SUBHASH, MERMELSTEIN, ROBIN J. · 2016 to 2024
$33.7M
Training program in the biology and translational research on Alzheimer's diseaseand related dementiasT32AG057468 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Stephanie M Cologna, Orly Lazarov · 2017 to 2026
$2.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002003NIA NIH HHS T32 AG057468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The function of ATP binding cassette protein A1 (ABCA1) is central to cholesterol mobilization. Reduced ABCA1 expression or activity is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other disorders. Therapeutic approaches to boost ABCA1 activity have yet to be translated successfully to the clinic. The risk factors for AD development and progression, including comorbid disorders such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, highlight the intersection of cholesterol transport and inflammation. Upregulation of ABCA1 can positively impact APOE lipidation, insulin sensitivity, peripheral vascular and blood-brain barrier integrity, and anti-inflammatory signaling. Various strategies towards ABCA1-boosting compounds have been described, with a bias toward nuclear hormone receptor (NHR) agonists. These agonists display beneficial preclinical effects; however, important side effects have limited development. In particular, ligands that bind liver X receptor (LXR), the primary NHR that controls ABCA1 expression, have shown positive effects in AD mouse models; however, lipogenesis and unwanted increases in triglyceride production are often observed. The longstanding approach, focusing on LXR

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Alzheimer's diseaseCardiovascular diseaseCholesterolDrug discoveryLiver X receptorNuclear hormone receptorType 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID35530134
PMCPMC9072248
OpenAlexW4207001665

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