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ReviewAnnual review of biophysics2024

Cholesterol and Lipid Rafts in the Biogenesis of Amyloid-β Protein and Alzheimer's Disease.

George A Pantelopulos, Conor B Abraham, John E Straub

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Review in Annual review of biophysics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Toxic mechanisms of amyloid oligomers and therapeutic strategies.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  12. The spleen-brain axis in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Integrating immune and metabolic regulation.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

George A PantelopulosDepartment of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; email: straub@bu.edu.
Conor B AbrahamDepartment of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; email: straub@bu.edu.
John E StraubDepartment of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; email: straub@bu.edu.
Boston University · US

Funding

Probing the roles of membrane and cholesterol on Aβ biogenesis and prion protein interactionsR01GM107703 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI STRAUB, JOHN E., THIRUMALAI, DEVARAJAN · 2015 to 2022
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cholesterol has been conjectured to be a modulator of the amyloid cascade, the mechanism that produces the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides implicated in the onset of Alzheimer's disease. We propose that cholesterol impacts the genesis of Aβ not through direct interaction with proteins in the bilayer, but indirectly by inducing the liquid-ordered phase and accompanying liquid-liquid phase separations, which partition proteins in the amyloid cascade to different lipid domains and ultimately to different endocytotic pathways. We explore the full process of Aβ genesis in the context of liquid-ordered phases induced by cholesterol, including protein partitioning into lipid domains, mechanisms of endocytosis experienced by lipid domains and secretases, and pH-controlled activation of amyloid precursor protein secretases in specific endocytotic environments. Outstanding questions on the essential role of cholesterol in the amyloid cascade are identified for future studies.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesCholesterolMembrane MicrodomainsAnimalsEndocytosisHumansAmyloid beta-PeptidesCholesterolamyloid precursor proteincellular compartmentcholesterollipid bilayerlipid phasemolecular dynamics

Identifiers

PMID38382114
PMCPMC11575466
OpenAlexW4392015182

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