Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29769724›Full record

ArticleNature2018

Structural basis for gating pore current in periodic paralysis.

Daohua Jiang, Tamer M Gamal El-Din, Christopher Ing, Peilong Lu, Régis Pomès, Ning Zheng, William A Catterall

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Pathogenic gating pore current conducted by autism-related mutations in the NaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  16. Periodic paralysis.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2024
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  18. Muscle channelopathies: A review.Annals of the Child Neurology Society · 2023
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  20. The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Ion channels.British journal of pharmacology · 2023
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daohua Jiang *Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Tamer M Gamal El-Din *Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Christopher IngMolecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Peilong LuDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Régis PomèsMolecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ning ZhengDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. wcatt@uw.edu.
William A CatterallDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. nzheng@uw.edu.
University of Washington · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research CenterU54HD083091 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DOHERTY, DANIEL · 2014 to 2019
$7.9M
Structural Basis for Antiarrhythmic Drug ActionR01HL112808 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ZHENG, NING · 2012 to 2025
$7.8M
VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNELS IN BRAINR01NS015751 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CATTERALL, WILLIAM A · 1985 to 2018
$6.0M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL112808NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD083091NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS015751
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Potassium-sensitive hypokalaemic and normokalaemic periodic paralysis are inherited skeletal muscle diseases characterized by episodes of flaccid muscle weakness

Indexed as

Ion Channel GatingBinding SitesElectric ConductivityGuanidineHumansHypokalemic Periodic ParalysisMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutationNAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelParalyses, Familial PeriodicSodiumThermodynamicsGuanidineNAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelSCN4A protein, humanSodium

Identifiers

PMID29769724
PMCPMC6708612
OpenAlexW2803105126

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