Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39720890›Full record

ReviewProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2025

The role of amphipathic and cationic helical peptides in Parkinson's disease.

Carlos Pintado-Grima, Salvador Ventura

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The role of amphipathic and cationic helical peptides in Parkinson's disease.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
    Review
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.

Carlos Pintado-GrimaInstitut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8544-959X
Salvador VenturaInstitut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9652-6351

Funding

Centres de Recerca de CatalunyaEuropean Social Fund 2023 FI_3 00018Generalitat de Catalunya 2021-SGR-00635 AGAURICREA-AcademiaInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis AvançatsSecretariat of Universities and Research of the Catalan GovernmentSpanish Ministry of Science and Innovation PID2022-137963OB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peptides are attracting a growing interest for therapeutic applications in biomedicine. In Parkinson's disease (PD), different human endogenous peptides have been associated with beneficial effects, including protein aggregation inhibition, reduced inflammation, or the protection of dopaminergic neurons. Such effects seem to be connected to the spatial arrangement of peptide side chains, and many of these human molecules share common conformational traits, displaying a distinctive amphipathic and cationic helical structure, which is believed to be crucial for their activities. This review delves into the relationship between these structural properties and the current evidence connecting biogenic peptides to the amelioration of PD symptoms. We discuss their implications in the disease, the different mechanisms of action, their state of validation, and their therapeutic potential.

Indexed as

Parkinson DiseaseAnimalsHumansPeptidesPeptidesParkinson's diseasepeptidesstructuretherapyα‐synuclein

Identifiers

PMID39720890
PMCPMC11669119

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.