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ReviewTrends in cell biology2024

The cell biology of APOE in the brain.

Ian A Windham, Sarah Cohen

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 75 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ian A WindhamDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Sarah CohenDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: sarahcoh@med.unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Assessing the role of APOE in glial lipid droplet metabolism and functionR01AG081421 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Sarah Cohen, Lance Allen Johnson · 2023 to 2026
$2.4M
Lipid droplet targeting and function of Apolipoprotein E in astrocytesF31AG069419 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WINDHAM, IAN ANDREW · 2020 to 2022
$113k
NIA NIH HHS F31 AG069419NIA NIH HHS R01 AG081421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apolipoprotein E (APOE) traffics lipids in the central nervous system. The E4 variant of APOE is a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a multitude of other neurodegenerative diseases, yet the molecular mechanisms by which APOE4 drives disease are still unclear. A growing collection of studies in iPSC models, knock-in mice, and human postmortem brain tissue have demonstrated that APOE4 expression in astrocytes and microglia is associated with the accumulation of cytoplasmic lipid droplets, defects in endolysosomal trafficking, impaired mitochondrial metabolism, upregulation of innate immune pathways, and a transition into a reactive state. In this review, we collate these developments and suggest testable mechanistic hypotheses that could explain common APOE4 phenotypes.

Indexed as

Apolipoprotein E4Apolipoproteins EBrainAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAstrocytesHumansMiceNeurodegenerative DiseasesApolipoprotein E4Apolipoproteins EAlzheimer’s diseaseapolipoprotein Eastrocyteslipid dropletslipoproteinsmicroglia

Identifiers

PMID37805344
PMCPMC10995109
OpenAlexW4387375802

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