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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

TMEM175 deficiency impairs lysosomal and mitochondrial function and increases α-synuclein aggregation.

Sarah Jinn, Robert E Drolet, Paige E Cramer, Andus Hon-Kit Wong, Dawn M Toolan, Cheryl A Gretzula, Bhavya Voleti, Galya Vassileva, Jyoti Disa, Marija Tadin-Strapps and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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147citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
12.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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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

147 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 247 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Proton-selective conductance and gating of the lysosomal cation channel TMEM175.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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87 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah JinnTarget and Pathway Biology, Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA 02115.
Robert E DroletNeuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486.
Paige E CramerNeuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486.
Andus Hon-Kit WongTarget and Pathway Biology, Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA 02115.
Dawn M ToolanNeuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486.
Cheryl A GretzulaNeuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486.
Bhavya VoletiNeuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486.
Galya VassilevaGenomic Sciences, Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA 02115.
Jyoti DisaTarget and Pathway Biology, Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA 02115.
Marija Tadin-StrappsTarget and Pathway Biology, Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA 02115.
David J StoneGenetics, Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486; david_stone4@merck.com.
United States Military Academy · USMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USTarget (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder pathologically characterized by nigrostriatal dopamine neuron loss and the postmortem presence of Lewy bodies, depositions of insoluble α-synuclein, and other proteins that likely contribute to cellular toxicity and death during the disease. Genetic and biochemical studies have implicated impaired lysosomal and mitochondrial function in the pathogenesis of PD. Transmembrane protein 175 (TMEM175), the lysosomal K

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alpha-SynucleinAnimalsAutophagosomesAutophagyCell Line, TumorDopaminergic NeuronsGene Expression RegulationGlucosylceramidaseHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLysosomesMitochondriaModels, BiologicalParkinson DiseasePotassium ChannelsPrimary Cell Culturealpha-SynucleinGlucosylceramidasePotassium ChannelsProtein AggregatesTMEM175 protein, humanlysosomemitochondriaParkinson diseaseTMEM175α-synuclein

Identifiers

PMID28193887
PMCPMC5338534
OpenAlexW2588858201

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