Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29674596›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2018

MFN2 agonists reverse mitochondrial defects in preclinical models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A.

Agostinho G Rocha, Antonietta Franco, Andrzej M Krezel, Jeanne M Rumsey, Justin M Alberti, William C Knight, Nikolaos Biris, Emmanouil Zacharioudakis, James W Janetka, Robert H Baloh and 5 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 163 papers.

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163citing papers in PubMed
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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

163 citing papers in PubMed, 246 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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Agostinho G RochaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7134-7376
Antonietta FrancoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5487-1800
Andrzej M KrezelDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3246-5008
Jeanne M RumseyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Justin M AlbertiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
William C KnightDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Nikolaos BirisDepartments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4055-5521
Emmanouil ZacharioudakisDepartments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
James W JanetkaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9888-5411
Robert H BalohDepartment of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0100-8376
Richard N KitsisDepartments of Medicine and Cell Biology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, and Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1395-9694
Daria Mochly-RosenDepartment of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6691-8733
R Reid TownsendDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Evripidis GavathiotisDepartments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6319-8331
Gerald W DornDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. gdorn@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USCedars-Sinai Medical Center · USStanford University · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
WORD PROCESSORP30CA013330 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI THOMAS E ROHAN · 1985 to 2026
$111.2M
WU INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1TR002345 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI William G. Powderly · 2017 to 2026
$97.8M
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational SciencesUL1TR000448 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVANOFF, BRADLEY A · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
TrainingP41GM103422 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI YARASHESKI, KEVIN E · 2012 to 2019
$12.0M
THE MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMISM/FITNESS/BIOGENESIS INTERACTOME IN CARDIAC DISEASER35HL135736 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DORN, GERALD W. · 2017 to 2023
$6.4M
Small Molecule Activators of Pro-apoptotic BAX for Cancer TherapyR01CA178394 · NCI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI GAVATHIOTIS, EVRIPIDIS · 2014 to 2024
$3.7M
Linking cell death and mitochondrial quality control mechanisms in heart diseaseR01HL128071 · NHLBI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI DORN, GERALD W., KITSIS, RICHARD N · 2015 to 2018
$2.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000448NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002345NCI NIH HHS P30 CA013330NCI NIH HHS R01 CA178394NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128071NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL135736NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitofusins (MFNs) promote fusion-mediated mitochondrial content exchange and subcellular trafficking. Mutations in

Indexed as

Drug DesignAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsArginineAxonsCharcot-Marie-Tooth DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalGlutamineGTP PhosphohydrolasesHumansMethionineMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesMitochondrial ProteinsArginineGlutamineGTP PhosphohydrolasesMethionineMFN2 protein, humanMfn2 protein, mouseMitochondrial ProteinsOligopeptidesProtein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseSmall Molecule LibrariesThreonine

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PMID29674596
PMCPMC6109362
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