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ReviewAgeing research reviews2023

Role of UCHL1 in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury.

Zhiping Mi, Steven H Graham

Open access · greenAbstract readReview
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Review in Ageing research reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.5field-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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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15 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhiping MiDepartments of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States. Electronic address: miz2@upmc.edu.
Steven H GrahamDepartments of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States. Electronic address: sgra@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Role of CyPgs UCHL1 in Ischemic Injury and RecoveryR01NS037459 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GRAHAM, STEVEN H · 1999 to 2018
$5.4M
Role of UCH-L1 in Ischemic Injury and RecoveryRF1NS037459 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GRAHAM, STEVEN H · 2020 to 2020
$2.9M
Role of UCHL1 in Axonal Injury and Recovery after TBIR01NS102195 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DIXON, C EDWARD, GRAHAM, STEVEN H · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS037459NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102195NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS037459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

UCHL1 is a multifunctional protein expressed at high concentrations in neurons in the brain and spinal cord. UCHL1 plays important roles in regulating the level of cellular free ubiquitin and redox state as well as the degradation of select proteins. This review focuses on the potential role of UCHL1 in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury and recovery. Subjects addressed in the review include 1) Normal physiological functions of UCHL1. 2) Posttranslational modification sites and splice variants that alter the function of UCHL1 and mouse models with mutations and deletions of UCHL1. 3) The hypothesized role and pathogenic mechanisms of UCHL1 in neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury. 4) Potential therapeutic strategies targeting UCHL1 in these disorders.

Indexed as

Brain InjuriesNeurodegenerative DiseasesAnimalsBrainHumansMiceNeuronsUbiquitinUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUbiquitinUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUCHL1 protein, humanUchl1 protein, mouseBrain injuryNeurodegenerationProtein degradationUbiquitin C-terminal hydrolase 1Ubiquitin-proteasome pathway

Identifiers

PMID36681249
PMCPMC9992267
OpenAlexW4317473383

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Registered trials

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