Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19740649›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2009

Two-tier transcriptional control of oligodendrocyte differentiation.

Huiliang Li, Ye He, William D Richardson, Patrizia Casaccia

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Huiliang LiWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, and Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Ye He
William D Richardson
Patrizia Casaccia
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Role of cell cycle regulators in differentiationR01NS052738 · NINDS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI CANOLL, PETER, CASACCIA, PATRIZIA · 2007 to 2020
$4.6M
Histone deacetylation in oligodendrocyte differentiationR01NS042925 · NINDS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI CASACCIA, PATRIZIA · 2003 to 2011
$3.9M
Cellular and Genetic Origins of AstrocytesR01NS059893 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROWITCH, DAVID H · 2008 to 2012
$3.8M
Medical Research Council G0800575Medical Research Council G9708005NINDS NIH HHS 1R01NS059893-01A1NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042925NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052738NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS059893NINDS NIH HHS R01NS42925NINDS NIH HHS R01NS52738Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligodendrocytes (OLs) are the myelin-forming cells of the central nervous system (CNS). They differentiate from proliferative OL precursor cells that migrate from the embryonic neuroepithelium throughout the developing CNS before associating with axons and elaborating myelin. Recent research into the regulation of OL differentiation has uncovered a two-stage mechanism of transcriptional control that combines epigenetic repression of transcriptional inhibitors with direct transcriptional activation of myelin genes. This 'two-pronged' approach creates a fail-safe system of genetic control to ensure orderly and unambiguous expression of the myelination program during development and during repair of demyelinated lesions.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansOligodendrogliaSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID19740649
PMCPMC2826212
OpenAlexW2170804629

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