Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25932674›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2015

Emerging mechanisms of molecular pathology in ALS.

Owen M Peters, Mehdi Ghasemi, Robert H Brown

Erratum issuedOpen access · bronzeAbstract readReview
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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 144 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
144citing papers in PubMed
30.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

144 citing papers in PubMed, 308 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A 16-amino acid peptide delays the progression of motor neuron degeneration and pathogenic symptoms in ALS models.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  10. Optineurin Shapes Basal and LPS-Induced Transcriptomes in BV2 Microglia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Understanding the genetics and neurology: an overview of adult neurogenetics.Asian biomedicine : research, reviews and news · 2025
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84 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Owen M Peters
Mehdi Ghasemi
Robert H Brown
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Full Human Genome Sequencing in ALSRC2NS070342 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BROWN, ROBERT H. · 2009 to 2010
$3.6M
High-Throughput Genomic Approaches to Identify ALS GenesR01NS050557 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BROWN, ROBERT H. · 2005 to 2009
$2.5M
Characterization of KIFAP3, a Modifier of Survival in Sporadic ALSR01NS065847 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LANDERS, JOHN E · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
Silencing C9or72 with rAAV Mediated RNAiR01NS088689 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BROWN, ROBERT H., MUELLER, CHRISTIAN · 2014 to 2017
$1.6M
Transgenic Mouse Models of FUS/TLS-Mediated Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisRC1NS068391 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BROWN, ROBERT H., HAYWARD, LAWRENCE J · 2009 to 2010
$1000k
NINDS NIH HHS 1RC1NS068391-01NINDS NIH HHS 1RC2NS070342-01NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS050557NINDS NIH HHS R01NS050557-05NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS065847NINDS NIH HHS R01NS065847-01A1NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088689NINDS NIH HHS RC1 NS068391NINDS NIH HHS RC2 NS070342
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating degenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of motor neurons in the motor cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. Although defined as a motor disorder, ALS can arise concurrently with frontotemporal lobal dementia (FTLD). ALS begins focally but disseminates to cause paralysis and death. About 10% of ALS cases are caused by gene mutations, and more than 40 ALS-associated genes have been identified. While important questions about the biology of this disease remain unanswered, investigations of ALS genes have delineated pathogenic roles for (a) perturbations in protein stability and degradation, (b) altered homeostasis of critical RNA- and DNA-binding proteins, (c) impaired cytoskeleton function, and (d) non-neuronal cells as modifiers of the ALS phenotype. The rapidity of progress in ALS genetics and the subsequent acquisition of insights into the molecular biology of these genes provide grounds for optimism that meaningful therapies for ALS are attainable.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsAxonal TransportAxonsCytoskeletonDNA-Binding ProteinsGenetic Association StudiesGenetic TherapyHumansInflammationMiceMice, TransgenicMolecular Targeted TherapyMotor NeuronsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurogliaDNA-Binding ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsSOD1 protein, humanSod1 protein, mouseSuperoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase-1

Identifiers

PMID25932674
PMCPMC4463186
OpenAlexW2040773899

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