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ReviewCells2023

Astrocyte Signature in Alzheimer's Disease Continuum through a Multi-PET Tracer Imaging Perspective.

Igor C Fontana, Miriam Scarpa, Mona-Lisa Malarte, Filipa M Rocha, Sira Ausellé-Bosch, Marina Bluma, Marco Bucci, Konstantinos Chiotis, Amit Kumar, Agneta Nordberg

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Igor C FontanaDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.
Miriam ScarpaDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5511-0966
Mona-Lisa MalarteDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.
Filipa M RochaDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.
Sira Ausellé-BoschDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.
Marina BlumaDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.
Marco BucciDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5206-8651
Konstantinos ChiotisDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.
Amit KumarDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.
Agneta NordbergDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 52 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7345-5151
Karolinska Institutet · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SEUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversitat Pompeu Fabra · ES

Funding

Alzheimer's Association AARF -21-848395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactive astrogliosis is an early event in the continuum of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Current advances in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging provide ways of assessing reactive astrogliosis in the living brain. In this review, we revisit clinical PET imaging and in vitro findings using the multi-tracer approach, and point out that reactive astrogliosis precedes the deposition of Aβ plaques, tau pathology, and neurodegeneration in AD. Furthermore, considering the current view of reactive astrogliosis heterogeneity-more than one subtype of astrocyte involved-in AD, we discuss how astrocytic body fluid biomarkers might fit into trajectories different from that of astrocytic PET imaging. Future research focusing on the development of innovative astrocytic PET radiotracers and fluid biomarkers may provide further insights into the heterogeneity of reactive astrogliosis and improve the detection of AD in its early stages.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAstrocytesBiomarkersGliosisHumansInflammationPositron-Emission TomographyBiomarkersAlzheimer’s diseaseBU99008GFAPL-deprenylpositron emission tomographyreactive astrogliosisSMBT-1

Identifiers

PMID37296589
PMCPMC10253101
OpenAlexW4378229525

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