Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29753924›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2018

Converging cellular themes for the hereditary spastic paraplegias.

Craig Blackstone

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
79citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Craig BlackstoneCell Biology Section, Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 35, Room 2A-201, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: blackstc@ninds.nih.gov.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · US

Funding

Molecular Pathogenesis Of Hereditary Spastic ParaplegiasZIANS002992 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI BLACKSTONE, CRAIG · 2009 to 2021
$20.6M
Endocytic Mechanisms in the Hereditary Spastic ParaplegiasZIANS003128 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI BLACKSTONE, CRAIG · 2011 to 2021
$13.1M
Molecular Pathology Of Hereditary Neurological DisordersZ01NS002992 · NINDS · NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI BLACKSTONE, CRAIG D · 2002 to 2008
$3.1M
Regulation of Mitochondrial Fission and FusionZIANS003025 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI BLACKSTONE, CRAIG · 2009 to 2021
$2.4M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 NS002992
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are neurologic disorders characterized by prominent lower-extremity spasticity, resulting from a length-dependent axonopathy of corticospinal upper motor neurons. They are among the most genetically-diverse neurologic disorders, with >80 distinct genetic loci and over 60 identified genes. Studies investigating the molecular pathogenesis underlying HSPs have emphasized the importance of converging cellular pathogenic themes in the most common forms of HSP, providing compelling targets for therapy. Most notably, these include organelle shaping and biogenesis as well as membrane and cargo trafficking.

Indexed as

AnimalsGenetic VariationHumansMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein TransportSpastic Paraplegia, HereditaryNerve Tissue Proteins

Identifiers

PMID29753924
PMCPMC6066444
OpenAlexW2801653583

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