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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Vitamin E and Its Molecular Effects in Experimental Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Bianca Caroline da Cunha Germano, Lara Cristina Carlos de Morais, Francisca Idalina Neta, Amélia Carolina Lopes Fernandes, Francisco Irochima Pinheiro, Amália Cinthia Meneses do Rego, Irami Araújo Filho, Eduardo Pereira de Azevedo, José Rodolfo Lopes de Paiva Cavalcanti, Fausto Pierdona Guzen and 1 more

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.3field-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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bianca Caroline da Cunha GermanoPostgraduate Program in Science Applied to Women's Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal 59072-970, Brazil.
Lara Cristina Carlos de MoraisPostgratuate Program in Health and Society, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró 59607-360, Brazil.
Francisca Idalina NetaLaboratory of Experimental Neurology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró 59607-360, Brazil.
Amélia Carolina Lopes FernandesLaboratory of Experimental Neurology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró 59607-360, Brazil.
Francisco Irochima PinheiroPostgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Health School, Potiguar University (UnP), Natal 59056-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8879-3997
Amália Cinthia Meneses do RegoPostgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Health School, Potiguar University (UnP), Natal 59056-000, Brazil.
Irami Araújo FilhoPostgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Health School, Potiguar University (UnP), Natal 59056-000, Brazil.
Eduardo Pereira de AzevedoPostgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Health School, Potiguar University (UnP), Natal 59056-000, Brazil.
José Rodolfo Lopes de Paiva CavalcantiPostgratuate Program in Health and Society, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró 59607-360, Brazil.
Fausto Pierdona GuzenPostgratuate Program in Health and Society, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró 59607-360, Brazil.
Ricardo Ney CobucciPostgraduate Program in Science Applied to Women's Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal 59072-970, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0184-2061
Universidade Potiguar · BRUniversidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the advancement of in vivo studies and clinical trials, the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases has been better understood. However, gaps still need to be better elucidated, which justifies the publication of reviews that explore the mechanisms related to the development of these diseases. Studies show that vitamin E supplementation can protect neurons from the damage caused by oxidative stress, with a positive impact on the prevention and progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, this review aims to summarize the scientific evidence of the effects of vitamin E supplementation on neuroprotection and on neurodegeneration markers in experimental models. A search for studies published between 2000 and 2023 was carried out in the PubMed, Web of Science, Virtual Health Library (BVS), and Embase databases, in which the effects of vitamin E in experimental models of neurodegeneration were investigated. A total of 5669 potentially eligible studies were identified. After excluding the duplicates, 5373 remained, of which 5253 were excluded after checking the titles, 90 articles after reading the abstracts, and 11 after fully reviewing the manuscripts, leaving 19 publications to be included in this review. Experiments with in vivo models of neurodegenerative diseases demonstrated that vitamin E supplementation significantly improved memory, cognition, learning, motor function, and brain markers associated with neuroregeneration and neuroprotection. Vitamin E supplementation reduced beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition and toxicity in experimental models of Alzheimer's disease. In addition, it decreased tau-protein hyperphosphorylation and increased superoxide dismutase and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in rodents, which seems to indicate the potential use of vitamin E in preventing and delaying the progress of degenerative lesions in the central nervous system.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseNeurodegenerative DiseasesCognitionHumansModels, TheoreticalVitamin EVitamin Ealpha tocopherolexperimental modelsexperimental models of neurological diseasesvitamin E

Identifiers

PMID37446369
PMCPMC10342514
OpenAlexW4383551481

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