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ReviewNeurobiology of disease2016

Dynamic structural flexibility of α-synuclein.

Danielle E Mor, Scott E Ugras, Malcolm J Daniels, Harry Ischiropoulos

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Review in Neurobiology of disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 81 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danielle E MorBiomedical graduate studies in Neuroscience, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, United States.
Scott E UgrasBiomedical graduate studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, United States.
Malcolm J DanielsBiomedical graduate studies in Pharmacology, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, United States.
Harry IschiropoulosBiomedical graduate studies in Neuroscience, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, United States; Biomedical graduate studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, United States; Biomedical graduate studies in Pharmacology, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, United States; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, PA 19104, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Raymond, and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, United States; Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Raymond, and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: ischirop@mail.med.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES013508 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Rebecca A Simmons · 2006 to 2026
$35.3M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM007133 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI PERNA, NICOLE T · 1985 to 2023
$16.5M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN PHARMACOLOGYT32GM008076 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BLENDY, JULIE A · 1985 to 2023
$10.8M
The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at CHOP/PennU54HD086984 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI YUDKOFF, MARC · 2016 to 2020
$6.3M
PEROXYNITRITE IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF AGINGR01AG013966 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ISCHIROPOULOS, HARRY · 1997 to 2014
$4.4M
Predoctoral Training at the Chemistry-Biology InterfaceT32GM071339 · NIGMS · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI MARMORSTEIN, RONEN, SPEICHER, DAVID W. · 2005 to 2019
$3.2M
Alpha synuclein oligomer toxicity and the pathogenic interaction with dopamineF31NS087779 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MOR, DANIELLE EMILLE · 2014 to 2016
$73k
NIA NIH HHS AG13966NIA NIH HHS R01 AG013966NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD086984NIEHS NIH HHS ES013508NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES013508NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007133NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008076NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM008076NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM07133-08NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM071339NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS087779NINDS NIH HHS F31NS087779-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-Synuclein is a conserved, abundantly expressed protein that is partially localized in pre-synaptic terminals in the central nervous system. The precise biological function(s) and structure of α-synuclein are under investigation. Recently, the native conformation and the presence of naturally occurring multimeric assemblies have come under debate. These are important deliberations because α-synuclein assembles into highly organized amyloid-like fibrils and non-amyloid amorphous aggregates that constitute the neuronal inclusions in Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Therefore understanding the nature of the native and pathological conformations is pivotal from the standpoint of therapeutic interventions that could maintain α-synuclein in its physiological state. In this review, we will discuss the existing evidence that define the physiological states of α-synuclein and highlight how the inherent structural flexibility of this protein may be important in health and disease.

Indexed as

Models, ChemicalNonlinear Dynamicsalpha-SynucleinAnimalsHumansProtein Conformationalpha-Synuclein

Identifiers

PMID26747212
PMCPMC4758871
OpenAlexW2211481893

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