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ReviewJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany)2015

Metal-deficient SOD1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

James B Hilton, Anthony R White, Peter J Crouch

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Review in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James B HiltonDepartment of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
Anthony R White
Peter J Crouch
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations to the ubiquitous antioxidant enzyme Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) were the first established genetic cause of the fatal, adult-onset neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It is widely accepted that these mutations do not cause ALS via a loss of antioxidant function, but elucidating the alternate toxic gain of function has proven to be elusive. Under physiological conditions, SOD1 binds one copper ion and one zinc ion per monomer to form a highly stable and functional homodimer, but there is now ample evidence to indicate aberrant persistence of SOD1 in an intermediate metal-deficient state may contribute to the protein's involvement in ALS. This review briefly discusses some of the data to support a role for metal-deficient SOD1 in the development of ALS and some of the outcomes from drug development studies that have aimed to modify the symptoms of ALS by targeting the metal state of SOD1. The implications for the metal state of SOD1 in cases of sporadic ALS that do not involve mutant SOD1 are also discussed.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsCopperDisease Models, AnimalHumansMetalsProtein AggregatesRodentiaSuperoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase-1ZincCopperMetalsProtein AggregatesSOD1 protein, humanSuperoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase-1Zinc

Identifiers

PMID25754173
PMCPMC4408375
OpenAlexW1998275064

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