Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23165259›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2012

Separated at birth? The functional and molecular divergence of OLIG1 and OLIG2.

Dimphna H Meijer, Michael F Kane, Shwetal Mehta, Hongye Liu, Emily Harrington, Christopher M Taylor, Charles D Stiles, David H Rowitch

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
114citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

114 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. NADScience advances · 2025
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Rat Glioma 101.8 Tissue Strain: Molecular and Morphological Features.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  11. Genes · 2025
    Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Medulloblastoma: biology and immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
    Review
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article

54 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

8 authors.

Dimphna H MeijerDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Michael F Kane
Shwetal Mehta
Hongye Liu
Emily Harrington
Christopher M Taylor
Charles D Stiles
David H Rowitch

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007618 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ANDERSON, MARK S · 1985 to 2020
$29.6M
Transcriptional control of inhibitory synapse formationP01NS047572 · NINDS · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI STILES, CHARLES D · 2004 to 2013
$13.5M
OLIGODENDROCYTE LINEAGE GENE FUNCTION IN THE CNSR01NS040511 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROWITCH, DAVID H · 2000 to 2014
$6.4M
OLIG2 Phosphorylation as a Drug Target for GliomaR01NS057727 · NINDS · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI STILES, CHARLES D · 2007 to 2015
$3.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007618NINDS NIH HHS NS04051NINDS NIH HHS NS047572NINDS NIH HHS NS057727NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS047572NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040511NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS057727
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors oligodendrocyte transcription factor 1 (OLIG1) and OLIG2 are structurally similar and, to a first approximation, coordinately expressed in the developing CNS and postnatal brain. Despite these similarities, it was apparent from early on after their discovery that OLIG1 and OLIG2 have non-overlapping developmental functions in patterning, neuron subtype specification and the formation of oligodendrocytes. Here, we summarize more recent insights into the separate roles of these transcription factors in the postnatal brain during repair processes and in neurological disease states, including multiple sclerosis and malignant glioma. We discuss how the unique functions of OLIG1 and OLIG2 may reflect their distinct genetic targets, co-regulator proteins and/or post-translational modifications.

Indexed as

AnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBrainHumansNerve Tissue ProteinsNervous System DiseasesNeuronsOligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2OligodendrogliaProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsOLIG1 protein, humanOLIG2 protein, humanOligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2

Identifiers

PMID23165259
PMCPMC3733228

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.