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ArticleActa neuropathologica2018

Artificial intelligence in neurodegenerative disease research: use of IBM Watson to identify additional RNA-binding proteins altered in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Nadine Bakkar, Tina Kovalik, Ileana Lorenzini, Scott Spangler, Alix Lacoste, Kyle Sponaugle, Philip Ferrante, Elenee Argentinis, Rita Sattler, Robert Bowser

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Article in Acta neuropathologica, 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
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 193 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nadine BakkarDepartment of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 W Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA.
Tina KovalikDepartment of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 W Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA.
Ileana LorenziniDepartment of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 W Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA.
Scott SpanglerIBM Research-Almaden, San Jose, CA, USA.
Alix LacosteIBM Watson Health, New York, NY, USA.
Kyle SponaugleDepartment of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 W Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA.
Philip FerranteDepartment of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 W Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA.
Elenee ArgentinisIBM Watson Health, New York, NY, USA.
Rita SattlerDepartment of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 W Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA.
Robert BowserDepartment of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 W Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA. Robert.bowser@dignityhealth.org.ORCID 0000-0001-5404-7259
Barrow Neurological Institute · USIBM (United States) · USIBM Research - Almaden · US

Funding

ALS/FTD mutant C9orf72-induced genetic and nuclear pathology in iPS cell modelsR01NS085207 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ROTHSTEIN, JEFFREY D, SATTLER, RITA · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
Peptide and Protein Biomarkers for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)R01NS061867 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BOWSER, ROBERT P · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
Peptide and Protein Biomarkers for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)R56NS061867 · NINDS · ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER · PI BOWSER, ROBERT P · 2014 to 2014
$687k
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association 16-IIP-278Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association 17-IIP-349NINDS NIH HHS NS061867NINDS NIH HHS NS085207NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS061867NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS085207NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS061867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease with no effective treatments. Numerous RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) have been shown to be altered in ALS, with mutations in 11 RBPs causing familial forms of the disease, and 6 more RBPs showing abnormal expression/distribution in ALS albeit without any known mutations. RBP dysregulation is widely accepted as a contributing factor in ALS pathobiology. There are at least 1542 RBPs in the human genome; therefore, other unidentified RBPs may also be linked to the pathogenesis of ALS. We used IBM Watson

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Artificial IntelligenceAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisCerebellumComputational BiologyData MiningGene ExpressionHumansProtein Aggregation, PathologicalRetrospective StudiesRNA-Binding ProteinsScholarly CommunicationSpinal CordRNA-Binding ProteinsAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisArtificial intelligenceMotor neuronProtein aggregationRNA-binding protein

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PMID29134320
PMCPMC5773659
OpenAlexW2769604672

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