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ArticleNature communications2018

CUG initiation and frameshifting enable production of dipeptide repeat proteins from ALS/FTD C9ORF72 transcripts.

Ricardos Tabet, Laure Schaeffer, Fernande Freyermuth, Melanie Jambeau, Michael Workman, Chao-Zong Lee, Chun-Chia Lin, Jie Jiang, Karen Jansen-West, Hussein Abou-Hamdan and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
98citing papers in PubMed
13.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ricardos TabetDepartment of Neurology, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Laure SchaefferArchitecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, F-67000, Strasbourg, France.
Fernande FreyermuthDepartment of Neurology, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Melanie JambeauDepartment of Neurology, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Michael WorkmanDepartment of Neurology, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Chao-Zong LeeDepartment of Neurology, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Chun-Chia LinDepartment of Neurology, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Jie JiangLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Karen Jansen-WestDepartment of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
Hussein Abou-HamdanTherapeutic Innovation Laboratory (UMR 7200), Faculty of Pharmacy, CNRS/University of Strasbourg, 67401, Illkirch, Cedex, France.
Laurent DésaubryTherapeutic Innovation Laboratory (UMR 7200), Faculty of Pharmacy, CNRS/University of Strasbourg, 67401, Illkirch, Cedex, France.
Tania GendronDepartment of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
Leonard PetrucelliDepartment of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
Franck MartinArchitecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR 9002, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, F-67000, Strasbourg, France. f.martin@ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9724-4025
Clotilde Lagier-TourenneDepartment of Neurology, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. clagier-tourenne@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-8322
Broad Institute · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRHarvard University · USJacksonville College · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Using RNA signatures for therapy development in neurodegeneration due to C9orf72 expansionsR01NS087227 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LAGIER-TOURENNE, CLOTILDE · 2014 to 2018
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS087227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expansion of G

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisC9orf72 ProteinCell LineDipeptidesEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4FFrameshifting, RibosomalFrontotemporal DementiaHEK293 CellsHumansMicrosatellite RepeatsOligonucleotides, AntisenseOpen Reading FramesPeptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalRibosomesRNA, AntisenseRNA, Transfer, MetC9orf72 ProteinC9orf72 protein, humanDipeptidesEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4FOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, AntisenseRNA, Transfer, Met

Identifiers

PMID29323119
PMCPMC5764992
OpenAlexW2782523843

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