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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2025

The Role of Cardiolipin in Brain Bioenergetics, Neuroinflammation, and Neurodegeneration.

Patrick C Bradshaw, Jessa L Aldridge, Leah E Jamerson, Canah McNeal, A Catherine Pearson, Chad R Frasier

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Clarifying healthy aging: building a common language for policy innovation within the Age-It Research Program.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Patrick C BradshawDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Box 70582, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA.
Jessa L AldridgeDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Box 70582, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA.
Leah E JamersonDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Box 70582, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA.
Canah McNealDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Box 70582, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA.
A Catherine PearsonDepartment of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA.
Chad R FrasierDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Box 70582, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA. frasierc@etsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7496-2830

Funding

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs EP220018NINDS NIH HHS 1R21NS116647-01A1NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS116647
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiolipin (CL) is an essential phospholipid that supports the functions of mitochondrial membrane transporters and oxidative phosphorylation complexes. Due to the high level of fatty acyl chain unsaturation, CL is prone to peroxidation during aging, neurodegenerative disease, stroke, and traumatic brain or spinal cord injury. Therefore, effective therapies that stabilize and preserve CL levels or enhance healthy CL fatty acyl chain remodeling are needed. In the last few years, great strides have been made in determining the mechanisms through which precursors for CL biosynthesis, such as phosphatidic acid (PA), are transferred from the ER to the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM) and then to the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) where CL biosynthesis takes place. Many neurodegenerative disorders show dysfunctional mitochondrial ER contact sites that may perturb PA transport and CL biosynthesis. However, little is currently known on how neuronal mitochondria regulate the synthesis, remodeling, and degradation of CL. This review will focus on recent developments on the role of CL in neurological disorders. Importantly, due to CL species in the brain being more unsaturated and diverse than in other tissues, this review will also identify areas where more research is needed to determine a complete picture of brain and spinal cord CL function so that effective therapeutics can be developed to restore the rates of CL synthesis and remodeling in neurological disorders.

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BrainCardiolipinsEnergy MetabolismNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAnimalsHumansMitochondriaCardiolipinsAlzheimer’sCardiolipinCell deathInflammationMitochondriaParkinson’s

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