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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2018

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: A Premature Aging Disease.

Muhammad Saad Ahmed, Sana Ikram, Nousheen Bibi, Asif Mir

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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70 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad Saad AhmedDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Sana IkramBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University (BTBU), 11 Fucheng Road, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China.
Nousheen BibiDepartment of Bioinformatics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan.
Asif MirDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. mir77uspk@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-3514
International Islamic University, Islamabad · PKBeijing Technology and Business University · CNQuaid-i-Azam University · PK

Funding

Higher Education Commission, Pakistan 2039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progeria is sporadic, very rare, autosomal dominant, deadly childhood disorder. It is one of the progeroid syndromes also known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS). Aging is a developmental process that begins with fertilization and ends up with death involving a lot of environmental and genetic factors. The disease firstly involves premature aging and then death from complications of atherosclerosis such as myocardial infarction, stroke, atherosclerosis, or heart failure. The lifespan of the patient is normally up to teen age or early twenties. It is usually not inherited because a patient normally dies before the age of reproduction. The most important genetic linkage between progeria and aging is shortening of telomere ends with each replication cycle. The patients are normally observed to have extremely short telomeres. Currently, 90% of the patients are said to have de novo point mutations in the LMNA gene that substitute cytosine with thymine and have been found in individuals with HGPS. Lmna encodes lamins A and C, and the A-type lamins have important structural function in the nuclear envelope. The most common type of HGPS mutation is located at codon 608 (G608G). It could not be diagnosed at birth, but after the age of 2 years, visible, prominent symptoms can be observed. Still, lot of research is needed to solve this mystery; hopefully, future research on HGPS would provide important clues for progeria and other fatal age-related disorders.

Indexed as

Aging, PrematureGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansInheritance PatternsPrenatal DiagnosisProgeriaAgingDamaged DNA repairLMNA geneProgeria

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PMID28660486
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