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ReviewJournal of child neurology2012

Therapeutic developments in Friedreich ataxia.

Robert B Wilson

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Review in Journal of child neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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.

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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Iron Metabolism in Aging and Age-Related Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  10. Oxidative stress in inherited mitochondrial diseases.Free radical biology & medicine · 2015
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  19. Friedreich's ataxia, frataxin, PIP5K1B: echo of a distant fracas.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2013
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert B WilsonDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. WilsonR@mail.med.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE IN CHILDREN CONFERENCESR13NS040925 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI MARIA, BERNARD L · 2001 to 2020
$1.0M
NINDS NIH HHS 5R13NS040925-15NINDS NIH HHS R13 NS040925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Friedreich ataxia is an inherited, severe, progressive neuro- and cardiodegenerative disorder for which there currently is no approved therapy. Friedreich ataxia is caused by the decreased expression and/or function of frataxin, a mitochondrial matrix protein that binds iron and is involved in the formation of iron-sulfur clusters. Decreased frataxin function leads to decreased iron-sulfur cluster formation, mitochondrial iron accumulation, cytosolic iron depletion, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Cloning of the disease gene for Friedreich ataxia and elucidation of many aspects of the biochemical defects underlying the disorder have led to several major therapeutic initiatives aimed at increasing frataxin expression, reversing mitochondrial iron accumulation, and alleviating oxidative stress. These initiatives are in preclinical and clinical development and are reviewed herein.

Indexed as

AnimalsFrataxinFriedreich AtaxiaGene Expression RegulationHumansIronIron-Binding ProteinsMitochondriaOxidative StressFrataxinIronIron-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22791549
PMCPMC3674490
OpenAlexW2053504977

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