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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2011

Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression in the central nervous system.

Steven R King, Douglas M Stocco

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 27 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Steven R KingDepartment of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX, USA.
Douglas M Stocco
Texas Tech University · USTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS AND LEYDIG CELL STEROIDOGENESISR37HD017481 · NICHD · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI STOCCO, DOUGLAS M · 1996 to 2005
$1.9M
MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS AND LEYDIG CELL STEROIDOGENESISR01HD017481 · NICHD · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI STOCCO, DOUGLAS M · 1985 to 2011
$1.5M
Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein's Role in LibidoK01DK061548 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI KING, STEVEN R · 2002 to 2004
$391k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD017481NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD017481NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK061548
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Locally produced neurosteroids are proposed to have many functions in the central nervous system. The identification of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in steroid-producing neural cells provides a new tool to understand the sites, regulation, and importance of their synthesis.

Indexed as

braincholesterolneurosteroidP450sccStARSTARD1steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Identifiers

PMID22649383
PMCPMC3355896
OpenAlexW2028641661

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