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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA2017

RNA-binding proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.

Mark R Cookson

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Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Accurate Identification of Protein Binding Sites for All Drug Modalities Using ALLSites.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. RNA Dynamics in Alzheimer's Disease.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark R CooksonLaboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Gene expression in the human brainZIAAG000947 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI COOKSON, MARK · 2009 to 2025
$7.2M
DJ-1 function and oxidative stressZIAAG000953 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI COOKSON, MARK · 2009 to 2025
$5.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AG000947
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene expression is regulated at many levels, including after generation of the primary RNA transcript from DNA but before translation into protein. Such post-translational gene regulation occurs via the action of a multitude of RNA binding proteins and include varied actions from splicing to regulation of association with the translational machinery. Primary evidence that such processes might contribute to disease mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders comes from the observation of mutations in RNA binding proteins, particularly in diseases in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia spectrum and in some forms of ataxia and tremor. The bulk of evidence from recent surveys of the types of RNA species that are affected in these disorders suggests a global deregulation of control rather than a very small number of RNA species, although why some groups of neurons are sensitive to these changes is not well understood. Overall, these data suggest that neurodegeneration can be initiated by mutations in RNA binding proteins and, as a corollary, that neurons are particularly sensitive to loss of control of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Such observations have implications not only for understanding the nature of neurodegenerative disorders but also how we might intervene therapeutically in these diseases. WIREs RNA 2017, 8:e1397. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1397 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.

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AnimalsHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID27659605
PMCPMC5179305
OpenAlexW2524107473

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