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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2015

Linking RNA Dysfunction and Neurodegeneration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Sami J Barmada

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Molecular Visualization of Neuronal TDP43 PathologybioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  13. Downstream Effects of Mutations inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  19. Motor Neuron Susceptibility in ALS/FTD.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019
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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.

Sami J BarmadaDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, 5015 Biomedical Sciences Research Building, SSPC 2200, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA, sbarmada@umich.edu.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

RNA decay in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degenerationR01NS097542 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BARMADA, SAMI · 2016 to 2025
$3.8M
Elucidating the Mechanisms Underlying Mutant TDP43-induced NeurodegenerationK08NS072233 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BARMADA, SAMI · 2011 to 2015
$879k
NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS072233NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The degeneration of motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) inevitably causes paralysis and death within a matter of years. Mounting genetic and functional evidence suggest that abnormalities in RNA processing and metabolism underlie motor neuron loss in sporadic and familial ALS. Abnormal localization and aggregation of essential RNA-binding proteins are fundamental pathological features of sporadic ALS, and mutations in genes encoding RNA processing enzymes cause familial disease. Also, expansion mutations occurring in the noncoding region of C9orf72-the most common cause of inherited ALS-result in nuclear RNA foci, underscoring the link between abnormal RNA metabolism and neurodegeneration in ALS. This review summarizes the current understanding of RNA dysfunction in ALS, and builds upon this knowledge base to identify converging mechanisms of neurodegeneration in ALS. Potential targets for therapy development are highlighted, with particular emphasis on early and conserved pathways that lead to motor neuron loss in ALS.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansMicroRNAsNerve DegenerationRNARNA-Binding Protein FUSRNA SplicingDNA-Binding ProteinsFUS protein, humanMicroRNAsRNARNA-Binding Protein FUSTARDBP protein, human

Identifiers

PMID25689976
PMCPMC4404431
OpenAlexW2136550982

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