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ReviewComplex psychiatry

Brain Lipids and Lipid Droplet Dysregulation in Alzheimer's Disease and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.

Xiaojie Zhao, Siwei Zhang, Alan R Sanders, Jubao Duan

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Review in Complex psychiatry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nutrients · 2026
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  10. APOE-Targeted Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  20. The role of lipid metabolism in cognitive impairment.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaojie ZhaoCenter for Psychiatric Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA.
Siwei ZhangCenter for Psychiatric Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA.
Alan R SandersCenter for Psychiatric Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA.
Jubao DuanCenter for Psychiatric Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA.
NorthShore University HealthSystem · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Systematic Functional Interpretation of Regulatory Variants in SchizophreniaR01MH106575 · NIMH · ENDEAVOR HEALTH CLINICAL OPERATIONS · PI DUAN, JUBAO · 2016 to 2025
$6.1M
Modeling Alzheimer's disease genetic variants in hiPSCR01AG063175 · NIA · ENDEAVOR HEALTH CLINICAL OPERATIONS · PI DUAN, JUBAO, THINAKARAN, GOPAL · 2019 to 2023
$3.7M
Integrating epigenomics with DNA breathing dynamics for human non-coding disease variantsR01MH116281 · NIMH · ENDEAVOR HEALTH CLINICAL OPERATIONS · PI ALEXANDROV, BOIAN STOIANOV, DUAN, JUBAO · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Neuronal Vulnerability to Lipid Droplets and Cholesterol in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG081374 · NIA · ENDEAVOR HEALTH CLINICAL OPERATIONS · PI Jubao Duan · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG063175NIA NIH HHS R01 AG081374NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH106575NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Lipids are essential components of the structure and for the function of brain cells. The intricate balance of lipids, including phospholipids, glycolipids, cholesterol, cholesterol ester, and triglycerides, is crucial for maintaining normal brain function. The roles of lipids and lipid droplets and their relevance to neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders (NPDs) remain largely unknown. Summary: Here, we reviewed the basic role of lipid components as well as a specific lipid organelle, lipid droplets, in brain function, highlighting the potential impact of altered lipid metabolism in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and NDPs. Key Messages: Brain lipid dysregulation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis and progression of neurodegenerative and NPDs including AD and schizophrenia. Understanding the cell type-specific mechanisms of lipid dysregulation in these diseases is crucial for identifying better diagnostic biomarkers and for developing therapeutic strategies aiming at restoring lipid homeostasis.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseaseCholesterolDysfunctionLipid dropletsLipidsNeuropsychiatric disordersSchizophrenia

Identifiers

PMID38058955
PMCPMC10697751
OpenAlexW4388517796

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