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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2024

Targeting the NRF2 pathway for disease modification in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.

Clara Mayer, Lluís Riera-Ponsati, Sakari Kauppinen, Henrik Klitgaard, Janine T Erler, Stine N Hansen

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Clara Mayer *NEUmiRNA Therapeutics, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lluís Riera-Ponsati *NEUmiRNA Therapeutics, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sakari KauppinenNEUmiRNA Therapeutics, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Henrik KlitgaardNEUmiRNA Therapeutics, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Janine T ErlerNEUmiRNA Therapeutics, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stine N HansenNEUmiRNA Therapeutics, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases constitute a global health issue and a major economic burden. They significantly impair both cognitive and motor functions, and their prevalence is expected to rise due to ageing societies and continuous population growth. Conventional therapies provide symptomatic relief, nevertheless, disease-modifying treatments that reduce or halt neuron death and malfunction are still largely unavailable. Amongst the common hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases are protein aggregation, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction. Transcription factor nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) constitutes a central regulator of cellular defense mechanisms, including the regulation of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and mitochondrial pathways, making it a highly attractive therapeutic target for disease modification in neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we describe the role of NRF2 in the common hallmarks of neurodegeneration, review the current pharmacological interventions and their challenges in activating the NRF2 pathway, and present alternative therapeutic approaches for disease modification.

Indexed as

BACH1KEAP1mitochondrial dysfunctionneurodegenerationneuroinflammationNRF2oxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID39119604
PMCPMC11306042

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