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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2018

Dimerization of the cellular prion protein inhibits propagation of scrapie prions.

Anna D Engelke, Anika Gonsberg, Simrika Thapa, Sebastian Jung, Sarah Ulbrich, Ralf Seidel, Shaon Basu, Gerd Multhaup, Michael Baier, Martin Engelhard and 3 more

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Prion Protein: The Molecule of Many Forms and Faces.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  10. PrPFrontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Anna D EngelkeDepartment of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.
Anika GonsbergDepartment of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.
Simrika ThapaDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Calgary Prion Research Unit, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Sebastian JungDepartment of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.
Sarah UlbrichDepartment of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.
Ralf SeidelDepartment of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany.
Shaon BasuDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal H3G 1Y6, Canada.
Gerd MulthaupDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal H3G 1Y6, Canada.
Michael BaierResearch Group Proteinopathies/Neurodegenerative Diseases, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS6), Robert Koch-Institut, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
Martin EngelhardDepartment of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany.
Hermann M SchätzlDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Calgary Prion Research Unit, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Konstanze F WinklhoferDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.
Jörg TatzeltDepartment of Biochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: Joerg.Tatzelt@rub.de.
Ruhr University Bochum · DEMax Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology · DEMcGill University · CAUniversity of Calgary · CARobert Koch Institute · DEUniversity Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum · DE

Funding

Elucidating the cellular mechanisms of prion propagation and clearance for devisiR01NS076853 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING · PI JARVIS, DONALD L. · 2012 to 2016
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076853
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central step in the pathogenesis of prion diseases is the conformational transition of the cellular prion protein (PrP

Indexed as

Protein MultimerizationAnimalsHeLa CellsHumansMiceMice, TransgenicNeuroblastomaPrion ProteinsProtein TransportScrapieTumor Cells, CulturedPrion ProteinsamyloidCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseasedimerizationglycosylphosphatidylinositolGPI anchorneurodegenerative diseaseneurological diseaseprion diseasePrPC, amyloid plaquescrapietrafficking

Identifiers

PMID29636413
PMCPMC5971439
OpenAlexW2798019761

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