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ReviewAnnals of neurology2023

Frontotemporal Degeneration with Transactive Response DNA-Binding Protein Type C at the Anterior Temporal Lobe.

Marek-Marsel Mesulam, Tamar Gefen, Margaret Flanagan, Rudolph Castellani, Pouya Jamshidi, Elena Barbieri, Jaiashre Sridhar, Allegra Kawles, Sandra Weintraub, Changiz Geula and 1 more

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Review in Annals of neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marek-Marsel MesulamMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5731-851X
Tamar GefenMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Margaret FlanaganMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Rudolph CastellaniMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Pouya JamshidiMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Elena BarbieriMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jaiashre SridharMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Allegra KawlesMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sandra WeintraubMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Changiz GeulaMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Emily RogalskiMesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Neuropathology CoreP30AG013854 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MESULAM, MAREK-MARSEL M · 1996 to 2020
$28.9M
Research Education Core FP30AG072977 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SANDRA WEINTRAUB · 2021 to 2026
$26.3M
South Texas Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG066546 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Mohamad Habes · 2021 to 2026
$24.0M
ASYMMETRIC NEURODEGENERATION AND LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIAR01AG077444 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MAREK-MARSEL M MESULAM, EMILY J ROGALSKI · 2022 to 2026
$10.4M
Language in Primary Progressive AphasiaR01DC008552 · NIDCD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MESULAM, MAREK-MARSEL M · 2007 to 2021
$8.5M
Concordance of TDP-43 Inclusions with Cortical Atrophy and Clinical PhenotypeR01NS085770 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI GEULA, CHANGIZ · 2014 to 2024
$5.0M
Determinants of neurodegenerative decline in the aphasic variant of Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG056258 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ROGALSKI, EMILY J · 2017 to 2022
$4.1M
Clinical, Neuroanatomic, and Pathologic Signatures of FTLD-tau in Dementia Phenotypes - Diversity Supplement (Antwan Howard)R01AG062566 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI GEFEN, TAMAR D · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
nvestigating the role of neuroinflammation in Limbic-predominant age related TDP43 encephalopathyK08AG065463 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI FLANAGAN, MARGARET E · 2020 to 2024
$816k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The anatomical distribution of most neurodegenerative diseases shows considerable interindividual variations. In contrast, frontotemporal lobar degeneration with transactive response DNA-binding protein type C (TDP-C) shows a consistent predilection for the anterior temporal lobe (ATL). The relatively selective atrophy of ATL in TDP-C patients has highlighted the importance of this region for complex cognitive and behavioral functions. This review includes observations on 28 TDP-C patients, 18 with semantic primary progressive aphasia and 10 with other syndromes. Longitudinal imaging allowed the delineation of progression trajectories. At post-mortem examination, the pathognomonic feature of TDP-C consisted of long, thick neurites found predominantly in superficial cortical layers. These neurites may represent dystrophic apical dendrites of layer III and V pyramidal neurons that are known to play pivotal roles in complex cortical computations. Other types of frontotemporal lobar degeneration TDP, such as TDP-A and TDP-B, are not associated with long dystrophic neurites in the cerebral cortex, and do not show similar predilection patterns for ATL. Research is beginning to identify molecular, structural, and immunological differences between pathological TDP-43 in TDP-C versus TDP-A and B. Parallel investigations based on proteomics, somatic mutations, and genome-wide association studies are detecting molecular features that could conceivably mediate the selective vulnerability of ATL to TDP-C. Future work will focus on characterizing the distinctive features of the abnormal TDP-C neurites, the mechanisms of neurotoxicity, initial cellular targets within the ATL, trajectory of spread, and the nature of ATL-specific markers that modulate vulnerability to TDP-C. ANN NEUROL 2023;94:1-12.

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Frontotemporal DementiaFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationAtrophyBrainDNA-Binding ProteinsGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansTemporal LobeDNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID37183762
PMCPMC10330481
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