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ArticleCell reports2018

The α2δ-1-NMDA Receptor Complex Is Critically Involved in Neuropathic Pain Development and Gabapentin Therapeutic Actions.

Jinjun Chen, Lingyong Li, Shao-Rui Chen, Hong Chen, Jing-Dun Xie, Rita E Sirrieh, David M MacLean, Yuhao Zhang, Meng-Hua Zhou, Vasanthi Jayaraman and 1 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2018. 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 184 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
184citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
14.6field-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

184 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 273 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jinjun ChenCenter for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China.
Lingyong LiCenter for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Shao-Rui ChenCenter for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Hong ChenCenter for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jing-Dun XieCenter for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Rita E SirriehDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
David M MacLeanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yuhao ZhangCenter for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Meng-Hua ZhouCenter for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Vasanthi JayaramanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Hui-Lin PanCenter for Neuroscience and Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: huilinpan@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USHunan Agricultural University · CN

Funding

HOUSTON AREA MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008280 · NIGMS · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI WENSEL, THEODORE G · 1988 to 2023
$8.0M
Dynamics Of Ligand Gated Ion ChannelsR35GM122528 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Vasanthi Jayaraman · 2017 to 2026
$6.2M
Molecular Determinants of Synaptic Plasticity in Chronic PainR01NS101880 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Shao-Rui Chen, Hui-Lin Pan · 2017 to 2026
$4.1M
Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity in Neuropathic PainR01GM120844 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI PAN, HUI-LIN · 2016 to 2019
$1.6M
3D structure and function of Acid Sensing Ion channelsR00NS094761 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI MACLEAN, DAVID MALCOM · 2017 to 2019
$747k
3D structure and function of Acid Sensing Ion channelsK99NS094761 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MACLEAN, DAVID MALCOM · 2015 to 2016
$173k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120844NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122528NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008280NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS094761NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS094761NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS101880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α2δ-1, commonly known as a voltage-activated Ca

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcium ChannelsCalcium Channels, L-TypeGabapentinHEK293 CellsHumansMaleMice, KnockoutNeuralgiaPosterior Horn CellsProtein BindingRatsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynapsesCACNA2D1 protein, mouseCacna2d1 protein, ratCalcium ChannelsCalcium Channels, L-TypeGabapentinReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartatechronic paindorsal root ganglionglutamatepregabalinpresynapticsynaptic plasticitysynaptic traffickingsynaptic transmissionthrombospondinvoltage-gated calcium channels

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PMID29490268
PMCPMC5873963
OpenAlexW2793983403

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