Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19079617›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology2009

L-arginine and Alzheimer's disease.

Jing Yi, Laura L Horky, Avi L Friedlich, Ying Shi, Jack T Rogers, Xudong Huang

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing YiNeurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Laura L Horky
Avi L Friedlich
Ying Shi
Jack T Rogers
Xudong Huang
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Lipoate Derivatives Targeting Alzheimer's AmyloidR21AG028850 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI HUANG, XUDONG · 2007 to 2008
$389k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG028850
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is characterized by progressive neurodegeneration and loss of cognitive and memory functions. Although the exact causes of AD are still unclear, evidence suggests that atherosclerosis, redox stress, inflammation, neurotransmitter dysregulation, and impaired brain energy metabolism may all be associated with AD pathogenesis. Herein, we explore a possible role for L-arginine (L-arg) in AD, taking into consideration known functions for L-arg in atherosclerosis, redox stress and the inflammatory process, regulation of synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis, and modulation of glucose metabolism and insulin activity. L-arg, a precursor of nitric oxide and polyamine, exhibits multiple functions in human health and may play a prominent role in age-related degenerative diseases such as AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer's diseasearginaseL-arginineneurogenesisnitric oxidenitric oxide synthasepolyaminesstem cells

Identifiers

PMID19079617
PMCPMC2600464
OpenAlexW1472536133

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