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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology2023

Heparan sulfate proteoglycan in Alzheimer's disease: aberrant expression and functions in molecular pathways related to amyloid-β metabolism.

Ilayda Ozsan McMillan, Jin-Ping Li, Lianchun Wang

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Review in American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  5. Glycan Sequencing, A Brief Primer.Glycoscience & therapy · 2026
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  8. N-Sulfated Heparan Sulfate Promotes Reelin Signaling as a Co-receptor.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  15. Risk of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: Insights gained by multi-omics.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
    Review
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  20. Vascular Heparan Sulfate and Amyloid-β in Alzheimer's Disease Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ilayda Ozsan McMillanDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2265-5852
Jin-Ping LiDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology & The Biomedical Center, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4255-3581
Lianchun WangDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1454-2719
University of South Florida · USUppsala University · SE

Funding

Robo4 and heparan sulfate proteoglycan in angiogenesisR01HL093339 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI WANG, LIANCHUN · 2009 to 2018
$3.4M
Heparan Sulfate 3-O-Sulfation in Transcellular Propagation of Tauopathy in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG069039 · NIA · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI LINHARDT, ROBERT J, LIU, JIAN · 2020 to 2020
$2.6M
Heparan Sulfate in Prostate CancerU01CA225784 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI CAI, HOUJIAN, WANG, LIANCHUN · 2018 to 2023
$2.6M
Heparan sulfate proteoglycan in the brain vascular clearance of amyloid-β and Alzheimer's diseaseRF1AG074289 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI WANG, LIANCHUN · 2021 to 2021
$1.8M
Predoctoral Training Program for Alzheimer’s Disease at the Interface of Data Science, Engineering and BiologyT32AG078123 · NIA · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI Chunyu Wang · 2023 to 2026
$974k
Heparan sulfate proteoglycan in Alzheimer's diseaseR56AG062344 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI WANG, LIANCHUN · 2018 to 2018
$785k
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA225784NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093339NIA NIH HHS R56 AG062344NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG069039NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG074289NIA NIH HHS T32 AG078123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Currently, there is no effective treatment for AD, as its etiology remains poorly understood. Mounting evidence suggests that the accumulation and aggregation of amyloid-β peptides (Aβ), which constitute amyloid plaques in the brain, is critical for initiating and accelerating AD pathogenesis. Considerable efforts have been dedicated to shedding light on the molecular basis and fundamental origins of the impaired Aβ metabolism in AD. Heparan sulfate (HS), a linear polysaccharide of the glycosaminoglycan family, co-deposits with Aβ in plaques in the AD brain, directly binds and accelerates Aβ aggregation, and mediates Aβ internalization and cytotoxicity. Mouse model studies demonstrate that HS regulates Aβ clearance and neuroinflammation in vivo. Previous reviews have extensively explored these discoveries. Here, this review focuses on the recent advancements in understanding abnormal HS expression in the AD brain, the structural aspects of HS-Aβ interaction, and the molecules involved in modulating Aβ metabolism through HS interaction. Furthermore, this review presents a perspective on the potential effects of abnormal HS expression on Aβ metabolism and AD pathogenesis. In addition, the review highlights the importance of conducting further research to differentiate the spatiotemporal components of HS structure and function in the brain and AD pathogenesis.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBrainHeparan SulfateHeparan Sulfate ProteoglycansMiceAmyloid beta-PeptidesHeparan SulfateHeparan Sulfate ProteoglycansAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-βexpressionheparan sulfate proteoglycanmetabolism

Identifiers

PMID36878848
PMCPMC10069967
OpenAlexW4323322151

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Registered trials

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