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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2011

Research advances in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2009 to 2010.

Rebecca Traub, Hiroshi Mitsumoto, Lewis P Rowland

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Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Stem cell therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Cell regeneration (London, England) · 2015
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  12. TDP-43 autoregulation: implications for disease.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2011
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  13. Senataxin mutations and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases · 2011
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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.

Rebecca TraubEleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Research Center, Neurological Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. rt2238@columbia.edu
Hiroshi Mitsumoto
Lewis P Rowland
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease of upper and lower motor neurons that causes progressive weakness and death. The breadth of research in ALS continues to grow with exciting new discoveries in disease pathogenesis and potential future therapeutics. There is a growing list of identified mutations in familial ALS, including those in genes encoding TDP-43 and FUS/TLS, which are expanding our understanding of the role of RNA modulation in ALS pathogenesis. There is a greater appreciation for the role of glial cells in motor neuron disease. Mitochondrial dysfunction is also being shown to be critical for motor neuron degeneration. In addition to pharmacotherapy, there are promising early developments with therapeutic implications in the areas of RNA interference, stem cell therapies, viral vector-mediated gene therapy, and immunotherapy. With greater understanding of ALS pathogenesis and exciting new therapeutic technologies, there is hope for future progress in treating this disease.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsClinical Trials as TopicDisease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyHumansMitochondriaMutationRNA-Binding Protein FUSStem Cell TransplantationRNA-Binding Protein FUS

Identifiers

PMID21080240
OpenAlexW2059521403

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.