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ReviewActa neuropathologica communications2016

Review of RyR1 pathway and associated pathomechanisms.

Jessica W Witherspoon, Katherine G Meilleur

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Review in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 80 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica W WitherspoonNational Institute of Nursing Research/Tissue Injury Branch/Neuromuscular Symptoms Unit, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA. jessica.witherspoon@nih.gov.
Katherine G MeilleurNational Institute of Nursing Research/Tissue Injury Branch/Neuromuscular Symptoms Unit, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Research in Congenital Muscle DiseaseZIANR000026 · NINR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH · PI MEILLEUR, KATHERINE · 2013 to 2019
$4.5M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ryanodine receptor isoform-1 (RyR1) is a major calcium channel in skeletal muscle important for excitation-contraction coupling. Mutations in the RYR1 gene yield RyR1 protein dysfunction that manifests clinically as RYR1-related congenital myopathies (RYR1-RM) and/or malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS). Individuals with RYR1-RM and/or MHS exhibit varying symptoms and severity. The symptoms impair quality of life and put patients at risk for early mortality, yet the cause of varying severity is not well understood. Currently, there is no Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved treatment for RYR1-RM. Discovery of effective treatments is therefore critical, requiring knowledge of the RyR1 pathway. The purpose of this review is to compile work published to date on the RyR1 pathway and to implicate potential regions as targets for treatment. The RyR1 pathway is comprised of protein-protein interactions, protein-ligand interactions, and post-translational modifications, creating an activation/regulatory macromolecular complex. Given the complexity of this pathway, we divided these interactions and modifications into six regulatory groups. Three of several RyR1 interacting proteins, FK506-binding protein 12 (FKBP12), triadin, and calmodulin, were identified as playing important roles across all groups and may serve as promising target sites for treatment. Also, variability in disease severity may be influenced by prolongation or hyperactivity of post-translational modifications resulting from RyR1 dysfunction.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansMuscle, SkeletalRyanodine Receptor Calcium Release ChannelRyanodine Receptor Calcium Release ChannelExcitation-contractionMitochondriaMuscleMyopathiesOxidativePathomechanismPost-translational modificationsRyR1SkeletalStressTreatment

Identifiers

PMID27855725
PMCPMC5114830
OpenAlexW2551948663

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