Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29946237›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2018

The 3'UTRs of Myelin Basic Protein mRNAs Regulate Transport, Local Translation and Sensitivity to Neuronal Activity in Zebrafish.

Julie Torvund-Jensen, Jes Steengaard, Liselotte B Askebjerg, Kasper Kjaer-Sorensen, Lisbeth S Laursen

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Robust mammalian RNA localization elements are complex and multipartite.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  2. Absence ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Proteome Profile of Myelin in the Zebrafish Brain.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
    Article
  5. Review
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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julie Torvund-JensenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jes SteengaardDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Liselotte B AskebjergDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Kasper Kjaer-SorensenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lisbeth S LaursenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Formation of functional myelin sheaths within the central nervous system depends on expression of myelin basic protein (MBP). Following process extension and wrapping around axonal segments, this highly basic protein is required for compaction of the multi-layered membrane sheath produced by oligodendrocytes. MBP is hypothesized to be targeted to the membrane sheath by mRNA transport and local translation, which ensures that its expression is temporally and spatially restricted. The mechanistic details of how this might be regulated are still largely unknown, in particular because a model system that allows this process to be studied

Indexed as

CNSin vivo modellocal translationMBPmRNA transportmyelinoligodendrocytezebrafish

Identifiers

PMID29946237
PMCPMC6006989
OpenAlexW2803622071

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.