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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2017

Dysregulation of RNA Binding Protein Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Disorders.

Brandon Maziuk, Heather I Ballance, Benjamin Wolozin

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.5field-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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 164 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brandon MaziukDepartment of Pharmacology and Neurology, Boston University School of MedicineBoston, MA, USA.
Heather I BallanceDepartment of Pharmacology and Neurology, Boston University School of MedicineBoston, MA, USA.
Benjamin WolozinDepartment of Pharmacology and Neurology, Boston University School of MedicineBoston, MA, USA.
Boston University · US

Funding

Stress Granules and the Biology of TDP-43R01ES020395 · NIEHS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI WOLOZIN, BENJAMIN L · 2012 to 2016
$4.1M
RNA binding proteins as novel targets in Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG050471 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI WOLOZIN, BENJAMIN L · 2015 to 2019
$2.9M
The role of acetylation in regulating pathophysiology of tauR01NS089544 · NINDS · MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE · PI PETRUCELLI, LEONARD, WOLOZIN, BENJAMIN L · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG050471NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES020395NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089544
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The unique biology of RNA binding proteins is altering our view of the genesis of protein misfolding diseases. These proteins use aggregation of low complexity domains (LCDs) as a means to regulate the localization and utilization of RNA by forming RNA granules, such as stress granules, transport granules and P-bodies. The reliance on reversible aggregation as a mechanism for biological regulation renders this family of proteins highly vulnerable to promoting diseases of protein misfolding. Mutations in RNA binding proteins are associated with many neurodegenerative disorders, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD). The biology of RNA binding proteins also extends to microtubule associated protein tau. Tau is normally an axonal protein, but in stress it translocates to the somatodendritic arbor where it takes on a new function promoting formation of stress granules. The interaction of tau with stress granules also promotes tau aggregation, accelerating formation of the tau pathology that we associate with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Indexed as

RNA binding proteinsRNA metabolismRNA Translationstress responsetau aggregation

Identifiers

PMID28420962
PMCPMC5378767
OpenAlexW2605064087

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