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ArticleScientific reports2017

Evidence linking microRNA suppression of essential prosurvival genes with hippocampal cell death after traumatic brain injury.

Deborah Kennedy Boone, Harris A Weisz, Min Bi, Michael T Falduto, Karen E O Torres, Hannah E Willey, Christina M Volsko, Anjali M Kumar, Maria-Adelaide Micci, Douglas S Dewitt and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Deborah Kennedy BooneDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Harris A WeiszDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Min BiDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Michael T FaldutoGenus Biosystems, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois, USA.
Karen E O TorresGenus Biosystems, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois, USA.
Hannah E WilleyDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Christina M VolskoDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Anjali M KumarDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Maria-Adelaide MicciDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Douglas S DewittDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Donald S ProughDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Helen L HellmichDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA. hhellmic@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USGenus (United States) · US

Funding

In Vivo RNAi of Injury Signals After Brain InjuryR01NS052532 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI HELLMICH, HELEN L · 2007 to 2011
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NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052532
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The underlying molecular mechanisms of how dysregulated microRNAs (miRNAs) cause neurodegeneration after traumatic brain injury (TBI) remain elusive. Here we analyzed the biological roles of approximately 600 genes - we previously found these dysregulated in dying and surviving rat hippocampal neurons - that are targeted by ten TBI-altered miRNAs. Bioinformatic analysis suggests that neurodegeneration results from a global miRNA-mediated suppression of genes essential for maintaining proteostasis; many are hub genes - involved in RNA processing, cytoskeletal metabolism, intracellular trafficking, cell cycle progression, repair/maintenance, bioenergetics and cell-cell signaling - whose disrupted expression is linked to human disease. Notably, dysregulation of these essential genes would significantly impair synaptic function and functional brain connectivity. In surviving neurons, upregulated miRNA target genes are co-regulated members of prosurvival pathways associated with cellular regeneration, neural plasticity, and development. This study captures the diversity of miRNA-regulated genes that may be essential for cell repair and survival responses after TBI.

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Cell DeathGene Expression RegulationAnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticCell SurvivalGene Expression ProfilingHippocampusMaleNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsProteostasis DeficienciesRats

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PMID28751711
PMCPMC5532254
OpenAlexW2736817282

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