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Human Endogenous Retroviruses and Their Putative Role in Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease, Inflammation, and Senescence.

Patrycja Kozubek, Julia Kuźniar, Magdalena Czaja, Hanna Sitka, Urszula Kochman, Jerzy Leszek

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Review in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Patrycja KozubekStudent Scientific Group of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0001-2758-8807
Julia KuźniarStudent Scientific Group of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0009-0037-7290
Magdalena CzajaStudent Scientific Group of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0003-4645-4470
Hanna SitkaStudent Scientific Group of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.
Urszula KochmanStudent Scientific Group of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0007-2055-4296
Jerzy LeszekDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are ancient exogenous retroviruses that were embedded in the germline over 30 million years ago and underwent an endogenization process. They make up roughly 8% of the human genome. HERVs exhibit many physiological and non-physiological functions; for example, they play a role in the development of many diseases. They have been shown to affect carcinogenesis by modifying the expression of host genes through their functions as enhancers and promoters. Additionally, some molecules derived from HERVs may stimulate the immune system. Recently research has been focused on the effect of human endogenous retroviruses on the development of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is the most common cause of dementia. AD is also linked to a significant deterioration in quality of life. The article aims to highlight the potential role of HERVs in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and senescence. Moreover, it is estimated that HERVs may be potential targets for diagnosis and therapy of AD.

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Alzheimer’s diseasehuman endogenous retrovirusesneurodegenerationsenescence

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PMID39857643
PMCPMC11762123

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