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ReviewJournal of experimental neuroscience2016

Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Saif Ahmad, Kanchan Bhatia, Annapoorna Kannan, Laxman Gangwani

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Review in Journal of experimental neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 79 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.

Saif AhmadCenter of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.
Kanchan BhatiaCenter of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.
Annapoorna KannanCenter of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.
Laxman GangwaniCenter of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · USTexas Tech University · US

Funding

Function of the Zinc Finger Protein ZPR1 in neurodegenerationR01NS064224 · NINDS · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI GANGWANI, LAXMAN DASS · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064224
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive motor neuron disease with a high incidence and is the most common genetic cause of infant mortality. SMA is primarily characterized by degeneration of the spinal motor neurons that leads to skeletal muscle atrophy followed by symmetric limb paralysis, respiratory failure, and death. In humans, mutation of the Survival Motor Neuron 1 (SMN1) gene shifts the load of expression of SMN protein to the SMN2 gene that produces low levels of full-length SMN protein because of alternative splicing, which are sufficient for embryonic development and survival but result in SMA. The molecular mechanisms of the (a) regulation of SMN gene expression and (b) degeneration of motor neurons caused by low levels of SMN are unclear. However, some progress has been made in recent years that have provided new insights into understanding of the cellular and molecular basis of SMA pathogenesis. In this review, we have briefly summarized recent advances toward understanding of the molecular mechanisms of regulation of SMN levels and signaling mechanisms that mediate neurodegeneration in SMA.

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JNKMNDROCKSMASMNZPR1

Identifiers

PMID27042141
PMCPMC4807884
OpenAlexW2305951787

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