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ReviewNeurologic clinics2008

Treatment of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: toward rational targeted therapy.

Unsong Oh, Steven Jacobson

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In one paragraph

Review in Neurologic clinics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes of HTLV-1: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Endemic and Nonendemic Regions.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2026
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  8. Clinical trial of a humanized anti-IL-2/IL-15 receptor β chain in HAM/TSP.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2019
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  11. A 17-Year-Old Boy With Right Face Palsy, Left Leg Weakness, and Lytic Skull-Bone Lesions.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2018
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  16. Hypometabolism of watershed areas of the brain in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2015
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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.

Unsong OhViral Immunology Section, Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, 10 Center Drive, Bldg 10 Rm 5C103, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Steven Jacobson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · US

Funding

Involvement Of Human Viruses Associated With Chronic Neurologic DiseaseZIANS002817 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI JACOBSON, STEVEN · 2009 to 2025
$26.5M
Translational studies of human viruses and chronic neurologic diseaseZIANS003040 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI JACOBSON, STEVEN · 2009 to 2025
$10.1M
Retrovirus Associated With Chronic Neurologic DiseaseZ01NS002817 · NINDS · NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI JACOBSON, STEVEN · 1990 to 2008
$4.0M
Translational studies of human viruses and chronic neurologic disesaeZ01NS003040 · NINDS · NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI JACOBSON, STEVEN · 2007 to 2008
$1.7M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 NS002817Intramural NIH HHS Z01 NS003040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of HAM/TSP is a challenge. No agent has shown to significantly modify the long-term disability associated with HAM/TSP. Advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of HAM/TSP have led to the identification of several biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Clinical trials in HAM/TSP continue to be opportunities for further qualification and refinement of biomarkers and therapeutic targets. The validation of HAM/TSP relevant biomarkers and the identification of new targets remain key challenges in the development of effective targeted therapy in HAM/TSP.

Indexed as

AstrocytesBrainDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease ProgressionDrug TherapyHumansNerve DegenerationParaparesis, Tropical SpasticPolymerase Chain ReactionRisk FactorsSpinal Cord

Identifiers

PMID18657726
PMCPMC2610848
OpenAlexW2021545782

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Registered trials

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