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ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2018

G-quadruplex-binding small molecules ameliorate

Roberto Simone, Rubika Balendra, Thomas G Moens, Elisavet Preza, Katherine M Wilson, Amanda Heslegrave, Nathan S Woodling, Teresa Niccoli, Javier Gilbert-Jaramillo, Samir Abdelkarim and 23 more

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Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
127citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

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

127 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 215 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Roberto SimoneDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Rubika BalendraDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Thomas G MoensDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Elisavet PrezaDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Katherine M WilsonDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Amanda HeslegraveDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Nathan S WoodlingDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London, London, UK.
Teresa NiccoliDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London, London, UK.
Javier Gilbert-JaramilloDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Samir AbdelkarimMRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disease UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Emma L ClaytonDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Mica ClarkeDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Marie-Therese KonradDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Andrew J NicollDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Jamie S MitchellDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Andrea Calvo'Rita Levi Montalcini' Department of Neuroscience, ALS Centre University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Adriano Chio'Rita Levi Montalcini' Department of Neuroscience, ALS Centre University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Henry HouldenDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
James M PolkeNeurogenetics Unit UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Mohamed A IsmailDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Chad E StephensDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Tam VoDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Abdelbasset A FarahatDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
W David WilsonDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
David W BoykinDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Henrik ZetterbergDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Linda PartridgeDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9615-0094
Selina WrayDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Gary ParkinsonUCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK.
Stephen NeidleUCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK s.neidle@ucl.ac.uk rickie.patani@ucl.ac.uk p.fratta@ucl.ac.uk a.isaacs@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-0622-6548
Rickie PataniDepartment of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK s.neidle@ucl.ac.uk rickie.patani@ucl.ac.uk p.fratta@ucl.ac.uk a.isaacs@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3825-7675
Pietro FrattaMRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disease UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK s.neidle@ucl.ac.uk rickie.patani@ucl.ac.uk p.fratta@ucl.ac.uk a.isaacs@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8762-8188
Adrian M IsaacsDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK s.neidle@ucl.ac.uk rickie.patani@ucl.ac.uk p.fratta@ucl.ac.uk a.isaacs@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6820-5534
University College London · GBGeorgia State University · USMRC Prion Unit · GBUK Dementia Research Institute · GBUniversity of Turin · ITMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing · DE

Funding

Molecular Design for Specific Recognition of Functional DNA SequencesR01GM111749 · NIGMS · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WILSON, W DAVID · 2014 to 2021
$2.5M
Department of HealthMedical Research Council MR/M008606/1Motor Neurone Disease Association FRATTA/JAN15/946-795Motor Neurone Disease Association ISAACS/APR13/818-791NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM111749Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 101149/Z/13/AWellcome Trust 107196/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intronic GGGGCC repeat expansions in

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsC9orf72 ProteinDrosophilaFrontotemporal DementiaG-QuadruplexesHumansRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNASmall Molecule LibrariesC9orf72 ProteinRNASmall Molecule Librariesamyotrophic lateral sclerosisC9orf72frontotemporal dementiaG‐quadruplex

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PMID29113975
PMCPMC5760849
OpenAlexW2767664549

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