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ReviewNeuroscience letters2019

Autophagy as a common pathway in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Dao K H Nguyen, Ravi Thombre, Jiou Wang

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuroscience letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.9field-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

69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dao K H NguyenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA; Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Ravi ThombreDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA; Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Jiou WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA; Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. Electronic address: jiouw@jhu.edu.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Neurodegeneration and Proteotoxicity Dissected in C. elegans and MammalsR01NS074324 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, JIOU · 2011 to 2025
$6.2M
Investigating the role of C9orf72 in autophagic and metabolic dysregulation in ALS/FTDR01NS089616 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Jiou Wang · 2015 to 2026
$6.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS074324NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089616
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases are associated with a decline in protein quality control systems including autophagy. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron degenerative disease of complex etiology with increasing connections to other neurodegenerative conditions such as frontotemporal dementia. Among the diverse genetic causes for ALS, a striking feature is the common connection to autophagy and its associated pathways. There is a recurring theme of protein misfolding as in other neurodegenerative diseases, but importantly there is a distinct common thread among ALS genes that connects them to the cascade of autophagy. However, the roles of autophagy in ALS remain enigmatic and it is still unclear whether activation or inhibition of autophagy would be a reliable avenue to ameliorate the disease. The main evidence that links autophagy to different genetic forms of ALS is discussed.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsAutophagyBiological TransportHumansNeuronsALSAlsinAutophagyC9orf72CHMP2BDynactinFIG4FTDFUSOptineurinp62ProfilinSOD1TBK1TDP-43UBQLN2VAPBVCP

Identifiers

PMID29626651
PMCPMC6170747
OpenAlexW2796296457

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Registered trials

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