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ArticleScience advances2021

Biogenic metallic elements in the human brain?

James Everett, Frederik Lermyte, Jake Brooks, Vindy Tjendana-Tjhin, Germán Plascencia-Villa, Ian Hands-Portman, Jane M Donnelly, Kharmen Billimoria, George Perry, Xiongwei Zhu and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

James EverettSchool of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Thornburrow Drive, Keele University, Staffordshire ST4 7QB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1864-9700
Frederik LermyteSchool of Engineering, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7371-4475
Jake BrooksSchool of Engineering, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4035-0369
Vindy Tjendana-TjhinSchool of Engineering, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3558-3678
Germán Plascencia-VillaDepartment of Biology and Neurosciences Institute, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), San Antonio, TX 78249, USA.
Ian Hands-PortmanSchool of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8895-2342
Jane M DonnellySchool of Engineering, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6160-0179
Kharmen BillimoriaSchool of Engineering, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2534-4486
George PerryDepartment of Biology and Neurosciences Institute, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), San Antonio, TX 78249, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6547-0172
Xiongwei ZhuDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2092-6508
Peter J SadlerDepartment of Chemistry, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9160-1941
Peter B O'ConnorDepartment of Chemistry, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6588-6274
Joanna F CollingwoodSchool of Engineering, Library Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8423-4183
Neil D TellingSchool of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Thornburrow Drive, Keele University, Staffordshire ST4 7QB, UK. n.d.telling@keele.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2683-5546
University of Warwick · GBThe University of Texas at San Antonio · USCase Western Reserve University · USKeele University · GBTechnische Universität Darmstadt · DE

Funding

Finding Combinatorial Drug Repositioning Therapy For Alzheimer'S Disease And Related DementiasR01AG066749 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI JIANG, XIAOQIAN, ZHENG, WENJIN JIM · 2020 to 2024
$4.4M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG066749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chemistry of copper and iron plays a critical role in normal brain function. A variety of enzymes and proteins containing positively charged Cu

Identifiers

PMID34108207
PMCPMC8189590
OpenAlexW3166223137

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