Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21763169›Full record

ReviewMolecular genetics and metabolism2011

Mucolipidosis type IV: an update.

Kazuyo Wakabayashi, Ann Marie Gustafson, Ellen Sidransky, Ehud Goldin

Open access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Autophagy-lysosomal pathway in neurodegeneration.Molecular neurodegeneration advances · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Reproductive and developmental medicine · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Uncovering the role of transient receptor potential channels in pterygium: a machine learning approach.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. [Late onset visual loss due to retinal atrophy in atypical mucolipidosis type IV].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2022
    Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Inherited disorders of lysosomal membrane transporters.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes · 2020
    Review
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kazuyo WakabayashiSection on Molecular Neurogenetics, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-3708, USA.
Ann Marie Gustafson
Ellen Sidransky
Ehud Goldin
National Human Genome Research Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Genetic and clinical studies of Gaucher disease and other lysosomal disordersZIAHG200336 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SIDRANSKY, ELLEN · 2009 to 2025
$45.2M
"Genetic and clinical studies of Gaucher disease and other lysosomal disorders"Z01HG200336 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SIDRANSKY, ELLEN · 2006 to 2008
$4.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HG200336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucolipidosis type IV (MLIV) is a neurodevelopmental as well as neurodegenerative disorder with severe psychomotor developmental delay, progressive visual impairment, and achlorydria. It is characterized by the presence of lysosomal inclusions in many cell types in patients. MLIV is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in MCOLN1, which encodes for mucolipin-1, a member of the transient receptor potential (TRP) cation channel family. Although approximately 70-80% of patients identified are Ashkenazi Jewish, MLIV is a pan-ethnic disorder. Importantly, while MLIV is thought to be a rare disease, its frequency may be greater than currently appreciated, for its common presentation as a cerebral palsy-like encephalopathy can lead to misdiagnosis. Moreover, patients with milder variants are often not recognized as having MLIV. This review provides an update on the ethnic distribution, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, methods of diagnosis, molecular genetics, differential diagnosis, and treatment of patients with MLIV. An enhanced awareness of the manifestations of this disorder may help to elucidate the true frequency and range of symptoms associated with MLIV, providing insight into the pathogenesis of this multi-system disease.

Indexed as

Models, AnimalAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansDiagnosis, DifferentialDrosophila melanogasterEyeGastrinsHumansInclusion BodiesJewsMiceMucolipidosesNervous SystemTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsGastrinsMCOLN1 protein, humanTransient Receptor Potential Channels

Identifiers

PMID21763169
PMCPMC3205274
OpenAlexW2022885898

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.