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ReviewThe Journal of physiology2016

Kv3.3 potassium channels and spinocerebellar ataxia.

Yalan Zhang, Leonard K Kaczmarek

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Review in The Journal of physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  17. A missense mutation inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  19. Ankyrin-R Links Kv3.3 to the Spectrin Cytoskeleton and Is Required for Purkinje Neuron Survival.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yalan ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Leonard K KaczmarekDepartment of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Yale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
EXPRESSION OF ION CHANNELS IN THE AUDITORY SYSTEMR01DC001919 · NIDCD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KACZMAREK, LEONARD K · 1993 to 2025
$9.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC001919
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The voltage-dependent potassium channel subunit Kv3.3 is expressed at high levels in cerebellar Purkinje cells, in auditory brainstem nuclei and in many other neurons capable of firing at high rates. In the cerebellum, it helps to shape the very characteristic complex spike of Purkinje cells. Kv3.3 differs from other closely related channels in that human mutations in the gene encoding Kv3.3 (KCNC3) result in a unique neurodegenerative disease termed spinocerebellar ataxia type 13 (SCA13). This primarily affects the cerebellum, but also results in extracerebellar symptoms. Different mutations produce either early onset SCA13, associated with delayed motor and impaired cognitive skill acquisition, or late onset SCA13, which typically produces cerebellar degeneration in middle age. This review covers the localization and physiological function of Kv3.3 in the central nervous system and how the normal function of the channel is altered by the disease-causing mutations. It also describes experimental approaches that are being used to understand how Kv3.3 mutations are linked to neuronal survival, and to develop strategies for treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansShaw Potassium ChannelsSpinocerebellar AtaxiasKCNC3 protein, humanShaw Potassium Channels

Identifiers

PMID26442672
PMCPMC4983625
OpenAlexW1846874439

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