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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2019

The Fragile X Protein and Genome Function.

Thomas C Dockendorff, Mariano Labrador

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The enigma of nuclear FMRP: facts and myths.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  10. FMRP promotes transcription-coupled homologous recombination via facilitating TET1-mediated m5C RNA modification demethylation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  11. Fragile X Syndrome: From Molecular Aspect to Clinical Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  15. Advanced genetics (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2021
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  17. Rethinking Intellectual Disability from Neuro- to Astro-Pathology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  18. Molecular analysis ofExpert review of molecular diagnostics · 2020
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  20. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas C DockendorffDepartment of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA. tdockend@utk.edu.
Mariano LabradorDepartment of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA. labrador@utk.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8075-2717
University of Tennessee at Knoxville · US

Funding

FMR1 protein and chromatin insulators mediate chromatin function and genome integrityR21MH108956 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE · PI LABRADOR-SAN JOSE, MARIANO · 2016 to 2017
$415k
NIMH NIH HHS NIH MH108956NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH108956
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fragile X syndrome (FXS) arises from loss of expression or function of the FMR1 gene and is one of the most common monogenic forms of intellectual disability and autism. During the past two decades of FXS research, the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) has been primarily characterized as a cytoplasmic RNA binding protein that facilitates transport of select RNA substrates through neural projections and regulation of translation within synaptic compartments, with the protein products of such mRNAs then modulating cognitive functions. However, the presence of a small fraction of FMRP in the nucleus has long been recognized. Accordingly, recent studies have uncovered several mechanisms or pathways by which FMRP influences nuclear gene expression and genome function. Some of these pathways appear to be independent of the classical role for FMRP as a regulator of translation and point to novel functions, including the possibility that FMRP directly participates in the DNA damage response and in the maintenance of genome stability. In this review, we highlight these advances and discuss how these new findings could contribute to our understanding of FMRP in brain development and function, the neural pathology of fragile X syndrome, and perhaps impact of future therapeutic considerations.

Indexed as

GenomeAnimalsCell NucleusEpigenesis, GeneticFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1Genomic InstabilityHumansModels, BiologicalFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1ChromatinDNA damage repairFMRPFragile X mental retardationGenome stability

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PMID29796988
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