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ReviewNeuroscience2007

Developing master keys to brain pathology, cancer and aging from the structural biology of proteins controlling reactive oxygen species and DNA repair.

J J P Perry, L Fan, J A Tainer

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Review in Neuroscience, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 50 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

J J P PerryDepartment of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
L Fan
J A Tainer
Scripps Research Institute · USLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI John A. Tainer · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
Mre11/Rad50 Structural Biology for DNA Damage ResponsesR01CA117638 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI RUSSELL, PAUL, TAINER, JOHN A. · 2005 to 2019
$5.6M
Structure and Assembly of Type IV Pili &Related SystemsR01AI022160 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI TAINER, JOHN A. · 1985 to 2009
$3.2M
Structural Biology of XPB and XPD HelicasesR01CA112093 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI TAINER, JOHN A. · 2006 to 2015
$3.1M
Structural Biochemistry of RecQ Helicase InteractionsR01CA104660 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI TAINER, JOHN A. · 2004 to 2008
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA104660NCI NIH HHS CA112093NCI NIH HHS CA92584NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NCI NIH HHS R01 CA104660NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112093NCI NIH HHS R01 CA117638NIAID NIH HHS AI022160NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI022160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review is focused on proteins with key roles in pathways controlling either reactive oxygen species or DNA damage responses, both of which are essential for preserving the nervous system. An imbalance of reactive oxygen species or inappropriate DNA damage response likely causes mutational or cytotoxic outcomes, which may lead to cancer and/or aging phenotypes. Moreover, individuals with hereditary disorders in proteins of these cellular pathways have significant neurological abnormalities. Mutations in a superoxide dismutase, which removes oxygen free radicals, may cause the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Additionally, DNA repair disorders that affect the brain to various extents include ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder, Cockayne syndrome or Werner syndrome. Here, we highlight recent advances gained through structural biochemistry studies on enzymes linked to these disorders and other related enzymes acting within the same cellular pathways. We describe the current understanding of how these vital proteins coordinate chemical steps and integrate cellular signaling and response events. Significantly, these structural studies may provide a set of master keys to developing a unified understanding of the survival mechanisms utilized after insults by reactive oxygen species and genotoxic agents, and also provide a basis for developing an informed intervention in brain tumor and neurodegenerative disease progression.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsBinding SitesBrain DiseasesBrain NeoplasmsDNA DamageDNA RepairEnzymesHumansMolecular StructureReactive Oxygen SpeciesEnzymesReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID17174478
PMCPMC1904427
OpenAlexW2002903119

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