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ArticleNeural plasticity2018

Heterozygous CDKL5 Knockout Female Mice Are a Valuable Animal Model for CDKL5 Disorder.

Claudia Fuchs, Laura Gennaccaro, Stefania Trazzi, Stefano Bastianini, Simone Bettini, Viviana Lo Martire, Elisa Ren, Giorgio Medici, Giovanna Zoccoli, Roberto Rimondini and 1 more

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Article in Neural plasticity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Sleep Respiratory Disturbances in Girls with Rett Syndrome.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  20. Expression of a Secretable, Cell-Penetrating CDKL5 Protein Enhances the Efficacy of Gene Therapy for CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claudia FuchsDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Laura GennaccaroDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Stefania TrazziDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Stefano BastianiniDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Simone BettiniDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Viviana Lo MartireDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Elisa RenDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Giorgio MediciDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Giovanna ZoccoliDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Roberto RimondiniDepartment of Medical and Clinical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Elisabetta CianiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3130-5168
University of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CDKL5 disorder is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the X-linked CDKL5 (cyclin-dependent kinase-like five) gene. CDKL5 disorder primarily affects girls and is characterized by early-onset epileptic seizures, gross motor impairment, intellectual disability, and autistic features. Although all CDKL5 female patients are heterozygous, the most valid disease-related model, the heterozygous female

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBrainEpileptic SyndromesFemaleHeterozygoteMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRett SyndromeSignal TransductionSpasms, InfantileCDKL5 protein, mouseProtein Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID29977282
PMCPMC5994305
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