Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23949221›Full record

ReviewCell death & disease2013

Defining the role of the Bcl-2 family proteins in Huntington's disease.

J Sassone, A Maraschi, F Sassone, V Silani, A Ciammola

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 30 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J SassoneIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy.
A Maraschi
F Sassone
V Silani
A Ciammola
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITFerrari (Italy) · ITIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) family proteins regulate survival, mitochondria morphology dynamics and metabolism in many cell types including neurons. Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded CAG repeat tract in the IT15 gene that encodes for the protein huntingtin (htt). In vitro and in vivo models of HD and HD patients' tissues show abnormal mitochondrial function and increased cell death rates associated with alterations in Bcl-2 family protein expression and localization. This review aims to draw together the information related to Bcl-2 family protein alterations in HD to decipher their potential role in mutated htt-related cell death and mitochondrial dysfunction.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DeathCell SurvivalHumansHuntington DiseaseMitochondriaModels, BiologicalProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

Identifiers

PMID23949221
PMCPMC3763461
OpenAlexW2000317431

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