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ReviewCurrent pharmaceutical design2012

Drosophila models of proteinopathies: the little fly that could.

Diego E Rincon-Limas, Kurt Jensen, Pedro Fernandez-Funez

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Review in Current pharmaceutical design, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Intrinsic determinants of prion protein neurotoxicity inFrontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023
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  12. MicroRNA function in Drosophila memory formation.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2017
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  13. Holdase activity of secreted Hsp70 masks amyloid-β42 neurotoxicity in Drosophila.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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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.

Diego E Rincon-LimasDepartment of Neurology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0236, USA. diego.rincon@neurology.ufl.edu
Kurt Jensen
Pedro Fernandez-Funez
University of Florida · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Prion MisfoldingDP2OD002721 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI FERNANDEZ-FUNEZ, PEDRO · 2007 to 2010
$2.2M
NIH HHS DP2 OD002721NIH HHS DP2OD002721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease are complex neurodegenerative conditions with high prevalence characterized by protein misfolding and deposition in the brain. Considerable progress has been made in the last two decades in identifying the genes and proteins responsible for several human 'proteinopathies'. A wide variety of wild type and mutant proteins associated with neurodegenerative conditions are structurally unstable, misfolded, and acquire conformations rich in ß-sheets (ß-state). These conformers form highly toxic self-assemblies that kill the neurons in stereotypical patterns. Unfortunately, the detailed understanding of the molecular and cellular perturbations caused by these proteins has not produced a single disease-modifying therapy. More than a decade ago, several groups demonstrated that human proteinopathies reproduce critical features of the disease in transgenic flies, including protein mis-folding, aggregation, and neurotoxicity. These initial reports led to an explosion of research that has contributed to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms regulating conformational dynamics and neurotoxic cascades. To remain relevant in this competitive environment, Drosophila models will need to expand their flexible, innovative, and multidisciplinary approaches to find new discoveries and translational applications.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsHumansHuntington DiseaseNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseaseProtein ConformationProtein FoldingDrosophila Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22288402
PMCPMC3290773
OpenAlexW2050663806

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