Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30737462›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2019

Oxidative stress, dysfunctional glucose metabolism and Alzheimer disease.

D Allan Butterfield, Barry Halliwell

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,030 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1,030citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
102.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

1,030 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,796 citations in OpenAlex.

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970 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

D Allan ButterfieldDepartment of Chemistry and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Barry HalliwellDepartment of Biochemistry and Centre for Ageing and Neurobiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. bchbh@nus.edu.sg.
National University of Singapore · SGUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

APOE and the PPP: Glucose Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG060056 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI JOHNSON, LANCE ALLEN · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG060056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer disease (AD) is a major cause of age-related dementia. We do not fully understand AD aetiology and pathogenesis, but oxidative damage is a key component. The brain mostly uses glucose for energy, but in AD and amnestic mild cognitive impairment glucose metabolism is dramatically decreased, probably owing, at least in part, to oxidative damage to enzymes involved in glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid cycle and ATP biosynthesis. Consequently, ATP-requiring processes for cognitive function are impaired, and synaptic dysfunction and neuronal death result, with ensuing thinning of key brain areas. We summarize current research on the interplay and sequence of these processes and suggest potential pharmacological interventions to retard AD progression.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainDisease ProgressionGlucose IntoleranceGlycolysisHumansOxidative Stress

Identifiers

PMID30737462
PMCPMC9382875
OpenAlexW2911493122

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