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ReviewFrontiers in aging2023

G-quadruplexes and associated proteins in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

M J Vijay Kumar, Rodrigo Morales, Andrey S Tsvetkov

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Review in Frontiers in aging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Chronic RNA G-quadruplex Accumulation in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  13. Therapeutic targeting of senescent cells in the CNS.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 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.

M J Vijay KumarThe Department of Neurology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
Rodrigo MoralesThe Department of Neurology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
Andrey S TsvetkovThe Department of Neurology, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversidad Bernardo O'Higgins · CL

Funding

G-quadruplex DNA in senescence of the neurovascular unitRF1AG068292 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MARRELLI, SEAN P, TSVETKOV, ANDREY · 2020 to 2020
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG068292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a prominent risk factor for many neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Alzheimer's disease is characterized by progressive cognitive decline, memory loss, and neuropsychiatric and behavioral symptoms, accounting for most of the reported dementia cases. This disease is now becoming a major challenge and burden on modern society, especially with the aging population. Over the last few decades, a significant understanding of the pathophysiology of AD has been gained by studying amyloid deposition, hyperphosphorylated tau, synaptic dysfunction, oxidative stress, calcium dysregulation, and neuroinflammation. This review focuses on the role of non-canonical secondary structures of DNA/RNA G-quadruplexes (G4s, G4-DNA, and G4-RNA), G4-binding proteins (G4BPs), and helicases, and their roles in aging and AD. Being critically important for cellular function, G4s are involved in the regulation of DNA and RNA processes, such as replication, transcription, translation, RNA localization, and degradation. Recent studies have also highlighted G4-DNA's roles in inducing DNA double-strand breaks that cause genomic instability and G4-RNA's participation in regulating stress granule formation. This review emphasizes the significance of G4s in aging processes and how their homeostatic imbalance may contribute to the pathophysiology of AD.

Indexed as

agingAlzheimer’s diseaseG-quadruplexneurodegenerationsenescence

Identifiers

PMID37323535
PMCPMC10267416
OpenAlexW4379052579

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