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ReviewBiomolecular concepts2013

Sugar glues for broken neurons.

Vimal P Swarup, Caitlin P Mencio, Vladimir Hlady, Balagurunathan Kuberan

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Review in Biomolecular concepts, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 26 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Vimal P SwarupDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112 UT , USA
Caitlin P Mencio
Vladimir Hlady
Balagurunathan Kuberan
University of Utah · USInstitute of Medicinal Plant Development · CN

Funding

Therapeutic assessment of synthetic heparin sulfates in transplantation modelsP01HL107152 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI DESAI, UMESH RAMANLAL · 2011 to 2017
$15.8M
NEURONAL PATHFINDING ON MODIFIED PROTEOGLYCANSR01NS057144 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI HLADY, VLADIMIR · 2008 to 2011
$1.7M
HEPARANOMICS: STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPSR01GM075168 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI BALAGURUNATHAN, KUBERAN · 2007 to 2011
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107152NHLBI NIH HHS P01-HL107152NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM075168NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM075168NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS057144NINDS NIH HHS R01-NS057144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteoglycans (PGs) regulate diverse functions in the central nervous system (CNS) by interacting with a number of growth factors, matrix proteins, and cell surface molecules. Heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) are two major glycosaminoglycans present in the PGs of the CNS. The functionality of these PGs is to a large extent dictated by the fine sulfation patterns present on their glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains. In the past 15 years, there has been a significant expansion in our knowledge on the role of HS and CS chains in various neurological processes, such as neuronal growth, regeneration, plasticity, and pathfinding. However, defining the relation between distinct sulfation patterns of the GAGs and their functionality has thus far been difficult. With the emergence of novel tools for the synthesis of defined GAG structures, and techniques for their characterization, we are now in a better position to explore the structure-function relation of GAGs in the context of their sulfation patterns. In this review, we discuss the importance of GAGs on CNS development, injury, and disorders with an emphasis on their sulfation patterns. Finally, we outline several GAG-based therapeutic strategies to exploit GAG chains for ameliorating various CNS disorders.

Indexed as

AnimalsCentral Nervous SystemChondroitin SulfatesHeparan SulfateHumansNeuronal PlasticityChondroitin SulfatesHeparan Sulfate

Identifiers

PMID25285176
PMCPMC4180676
OpenAlexW1994426317

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