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ArticleNature genetics2009

Bridging high-throughput genetic and transcriptional data reveals cellular responses to alpha-synuclein toxicity.

Esti Yeger-Lotem, Laura Riva, Linhui Julie Su, Aaron D Gitler, Anil G Cashikar, Oliver D King, Pavan K Auluck, Melissa L Geddie, Julie S Valastyan, David R Karger and 2 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 185 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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185 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Esti Yeger-LotemDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Laura Riva
Linhui Julie Su
Aaron D Gitler
Anil G Cashikar
Oliver D King
Pavan K Auluck
Melissa L Geddie
Julie S Valastyan
David R Karger
Susan Lindquist
Ernest Fraenkel

Funding

Yeast Model--Function/Pathobiology of alpha-SynucucleinP50NS038372 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI YOUNG, ANNE B · 1998 to 2009
$17.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNINDS NIH HHS NS38372NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS038372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells respond to stimuli by changes in various processes, including signaling pathways and gene expression. Efforts to identify components of these responses increasingly depend on mRNA profiling and genetic library screens. By comparing the results of these two assays across various stimuli, we found that genetic screens tend to identify response regulators, whereas mRNA profiling frequently detects metabolic responses. We developed an integrative approach that bridges the gap between these data using known molecular interactions, thus highlighting major response pathways. We used this approach to reveal cellular pathways responding to the toxicity of alpha-synuclein, a protein implicated in several neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease. For this we screened an established yeast model to identify genes that when overexpressed alter alpha-synuclein toxicity. Bridging these data and data from mRNA profiling provided functional explanations for many of these genes and identified previously unknown relations between alpha-synuclein toxicity and basic cellular pathways.

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Algorithmsalpha-SynucleinErgosterolGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksHeat-Shock ResponseMevalonic AcidModels, BiologicalNitroso CompoundsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalTranscription, Geneticalpha-SynucleinErgosterolMevalonic AcidNitroso CompoundsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteinstarget of rapamycin protein, S cerevisiae

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PMID19234470
PMCPMC2733244

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