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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2017

Polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias - from genes to potential treatments.

Henry L Paulson, Vikram G Shakkottai, H Brent Clark, Harry T Orr

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03487367 (Clinical Trial Readiness for SCA1 and SCA3), which is not on this map. Cited by 205 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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205citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03487367 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Clinical Trial Readiness for SCA1 and SCA3

TypeobservationalSponsorThe Methodist Hospital Research InstituteRan2018 to 2023Enrolled200ConditionsSpinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

205 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Epidemiology of Spinocerebellar Ataxias in Europe.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2024
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  6. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  12. [Trinucleotide repeat disorders].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026
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  15. Expanding the Genetic Landscape ofNeurology. Genetics · 2026
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  20. Practice Recommendations for Genetic Testing of Ataxias.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2025
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145 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

4 authors.

Henry L PaulsonDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA.
Vikram G ShakkottaiDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA.
H Brent ClarkDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA.
Harry T OrrDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA.

Funding

Cell Signaling and NeurodegenerationR01NS045667 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ORR, HARRY T. · 2003 to 2021
$8.8M
Mechanisms of Polyglutamine NeurodegenerationR01NS038712 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI PAULSON, HENRY L · 2000 to 2019
$8.1M
MOLECULAR GENETICS OF THE SCA1 LOCUS ON CHROMOSOME 6PR01NS022920 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ORR, HARRY T. · 1986 to 2022
$3.2M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS022920NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038712NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dominantly inherited spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a large and diverse group of neurodegenerative diseases. The most prevalent SCAs (SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, SCA6 and SCA7) are caused by expansion of a glutamine-encoding CAG repeat in the affected gene. These SCAs represent a substantial portion of the polyglutamine neurodegenerative disorders and provide insight into this class of diseases as a whole. Recent years have seen considerable progress in deciphering the clinical, pathological, physiological and molecular aspects of the polyglutamine SCAs, with these advances establishing a solid base from which to pursue potential therapeutic approaches.

Indexed as

Spinocerebellar AtaxiasAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalHumansModels, GeneticModels, NeurologicalMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsPeptidesNerve Tissue ProteinsPeptidespolyglutamine

Identifiers

PMID28855740
PMCPMC6420820

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