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ReviewExperimental neurology2010

The role of local protein synthesis and degradation in axon regeneration.

Laura F Gumy, Chin Lik Tan, James W Fawcett

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Review in Experimental neurology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

69 citing papers in PubMed, 123 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura F GumyCambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK.
Chin Lik Tan
James W Fawcett
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0501592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In axotomised regenerating axons, the first step toward successful regeneration is the formation of a growth cone. This requires a variety of dynamic morphological and biochemical changes in the axon, including the appearance of many new cytoskeletal, cell surface and signalling molecules. These changes suggest the activation of coordinated complex cellular processes. A recent development has been the demonstration that the regenerative ability of some axons depends on their capacity to locally synthesise new proteins and degrade others at the injury site autonomously from the cell body. There are also events involving the degradation of cytoskeletal and other molecules, and activation of signalling pathways, with axotomy-induced calcium changes probably being an initiating event. A future challenge will be to understand how this complex network of processes interacts in order to find therapeutic ways of promoting the regeneration of CNS axons.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutophagyAxonsCalciumCalpainGrowth ConesNerve RegenerationNerve Tissue ProteinsPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein BiosynthesisUbiquitinCalciumCalpainNerve Tissue ProteinsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitin

Identifiers

PMID19520073
PMCPMC2864402
OpenAlexW2026731380

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