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ArticleDisease models & mechanisms

Lesch-Nyhan disease: from mechanism to model and back again.

H A Jinnah

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Article in Disease models & mechanisms. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

H A JinnahDepartments of Neurology and Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. hjinnah@emory.edu
Emory University · US

Funding

Lesch-Nyhan Disease: A Model for Complex Genetic, Proteomic & Metabolic PathwaysR24DK082840 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FRIEDMANN, THEODORE · 2008 to 2012
$7.3M
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DYSTONIAR01NS040470 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JINNAH, HYDER A · 2000 to 2008
$2.5M
Lesch-Nyhan Disease: Neuroanatomic and Biochemical Bases of the PhenotypeR01HD053312 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SCHRETLEN, DAVID J · 2008 to 2011
$2.0M
NICHD NIH HHS HD053312NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD053312NIDDK NIH HHS DK082840NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK082840NINDS NIH HHS NS40470NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040470
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND) is a rare inherited disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT). LND is characterized by overproduction of uric acid, leading to gouty arthritis and nephrolithiasis. Affected patients also have characteristic neurological and behavioral anomalies. Multiple cell models have been developed to study the molecular and metabolic aspects of LND, and several animal models have been developed to elucidate the basis for the neurobehavioral syndrome. The models have different strengths and weaknesses rendering them suitable for studying different aspects of the disease. The extensive modeling efforts in LND have questioned the concept that an 'ideal' disease model is one that replicates all of its features because the pathogenesis of different elements of the disease involves different mechanisms. Instead, the modeling efforts have suggested a more fruitful approach that involves developing specific models, each tailored for addressing specific experimental questions.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansInfantLesch-Nyhan SyndromeMaleMiceModels, BiologicalModels, GeneticRatsResearch DesignSelf MutilationUric AcidUric Acid

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PMID19259384
PMCPMC2650214
OpenAlexW2013735941

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