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ReviewBiomolecules2023

Alpha-Synuclein in Peripheral Tissues as a Possible Marker for Neurological Diseases and Other Medical Conditions.

Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez, Hortensia Alonso-Navarro, Elena García-Martín, Diego Santos-García, Iván Martínez-Valbuena, José A G Agúndez

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Review in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Félix Javier Jiménez-JiménezSection of Neurology, Hospital Universitario del Sureste, Arganda del Rey, 28500 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7558-7323
Hortensia Alonso-NavarroSection of Neurology, Hospital Universitario del Sureste, Arganda del Rey, 28500 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8644-2210
Elena García-MartínInstitute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10071 Cáceres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8094-046X
Diego Santos-GarcíaDepartment of Neurology, CHUAC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, 15006 A Coruña, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3126-5111
Iván Martínez-ValbuenaTanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6463-6321
José A G AgúndezInstitute of Molecular Pathology Biomarkers, Universidad de Extremadura, 10071 Cáceres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6895-9160
Hospital Universitario del Sureste · ESUniversidad de Extremadura · ESComplexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña · ESUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The possible usefulness of alpha-synuclein (aSyn) determinations in peripheral tissues (blood cells, salivary gland biopsies, olfactory mucosa, digestive tract, skin) and in biological fluids, except for cerebrospinal fluid (serum, plasma, saliva, feces, urine), as a marker of several diseases, has been the subject of numerous publications. This narrative review summarizes data from studies trying to determine the role of total, oligomeric, and phosphorylated aSyn determinations as a marker of various diseases, especially PD and other alpha-synucleinopathies. In summary, the results of studies addressing the determinations of aSyn in its different forms in peripheral tissues (especially in platelets, skin, and digestive tract, but also salivary glands and olfactory mucosa), in combination with other potential biomarkers, could be a useful tool to discriminate PD from controls and from other causes of parkinsonisms, including synucleinopathies.

Indexed as

Body FluidsNervous System DiseasesSynucleinopathiesalpha-SynucleinBiopsyHumansalpha-Synucleinalpha-synucleinalpha-synucleinopathiesbiological markersparkinson’s diseaseperipheral tissues

Identifiers

PMID37627328
PMCPMC10452242
OpenAlexW4385978374

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