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ArticleeLife2016

The C9ORF72 GGGGCC expansion forms RNA G-quadruplex inclusions and sequesters hnRNP H to disrupt splicing in ALS brains.

Erin G Conlon, Lei Lu, Aarti Sharma, Takashi Yamazaki, Timothy Tang, Neil A Shneider, James L Manley

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 197 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
197citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

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

197 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 286 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Microprotein Regulates G-quadruplex Driven RNA Aggregation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  14. From development to disease: the neuronal role of hnRNPs through the lens ofFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  18. Neuronal activity-dependent gene dysregulation inAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2025
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137 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Erin G ConlonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, United States.
Lei LuDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States.
Aarti SharmaDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4907-2174
Takashi YamazakiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, United States.
Timothy TangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, United States.
Neil A ShneiderDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States.
James L ManleyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8341-1459
Columbia University · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

Regulation of RNA processing: Mechanisms and ConsequencesR35GM118136 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI James L. Manley · 2016 to 2026
$8.9M
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR FOUNDATIONS OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCET32GM008798 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI PRYWES, RON M · 2001 to 2018
$6.3M
MECHANISMS OF ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF PRE MRNAR01GM048259 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI MANLEY, JAMES L. · 1992 to 2015
$5.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM048259NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118136NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008798NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS07377
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An expanded GGGGCC hexanucleotide in

Indexed as

G-QuadruplexesRNA SplicingAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisC9orf72 ProteinHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group F-HHumansRNAC9orf72 ProteinC9orf72 protein, humanHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group F-HRNAamyotrophic lateral sclerosisbiochemistrydisease mechanismhumanhuman biologymedicineRNA structure

Identifiers

PMID27623008
PMCPMC5050020
OpenAlexW2520605819

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