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ReviewBrain sciences2023

Distribution of Iron, Copper, Zinc and Cadmium in Glia, Their Influence on Glial Cells and Relationship with Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Aleksandra Górska, Agnieszka Markiewicz-Gospodarek, Renata Markiewicz, Zuzanna Chilimoniuk, Bartosz Borowski, Mateusz Trubalski, Katarzyna Czarnek

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In one paragraph

Review in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Mechanisms of Cadmium Neurotoxicity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aleksandra GórskaDepartment of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 4 Jaczewskiego St., 20-090 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7773-7439
Agnieszka Markiewicz-GospodarekDepartment of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 4 Jaczewskiego St., 20-090 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6266-0261
Renata MarkiewiczDepartment of Psychiatric Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, 18 Szkolna St., 20-124 Lublin, Poland.
Zuzanna ChilimoniukStudent Scientific Group at the Department of Family Medicine, 6a (SPSK1) Langiewicza St., 20-032 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8261-0192
Bartosz BorowskiStudents Scientific Association at the Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.
Mateusz TrubalskiStudents Scientific Association at the Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2656-5398
Katarzyna CzarnekInstitute of Health Sciences, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Konstantynów 1 H, 20-708 Lublin, Poland.
Medical University of Lublin · PLJohn Paul II Catholic University of Lublin · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent data on the distribution and influence of copper, zinc and cadmium in glial cells are summarized. This review also examines the relationship between those metals and their role in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which have become a great challenge for today's physicians. The studies suggest that among glial cells, iron has the highest concentration in oligodendrocytes, copper in astrocytes and zinc in the glia of hippocampus and cortex. Previous studies have shown neurotoxic effects of copper, iron and manganese, while zinc can have a bidirectional effect, i.e., neurotoxic but also neuroprotective effects depending on the dose and disease state. Recent data point to the association of metals with neurodegeneration through their role in the modulation of protein aggregation. Metals can accumulate in the brain with aging and may be associated with age-related diseases.

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Alzheimer diseaseamyotrophic lateral sclerosisCdCuFemultiple sclerosisneurodegenerative diseasesParkinson diseaseZn

Identifiers

PMID37371389
PMCPMC10296676
OpenAlexW4379469592

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