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ArticleScience translational medicine2018

The fragile X mutation impairs homeostatic plasticity in human neurons by blocking synaptic retinoic acid signaling.

Zhenjie Zhang, Samuele G Marro, Yingsha Zhang, Kristin L Arendt, Christopher Patzke, Bo Zhou, Tyler Fair, Nan Yang, Thomas C Südhof, Marius Wernig and 1 more

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhenjie ZhangDepartments of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 265 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3160-4355
Samuele G MarroDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9326-6945
Yingsha ZhangDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA.
Kristin L ArendtDepartments of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 265 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0899-4017
Christopher PatzkeDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA.
Bo ZhouDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA.
Tyler FairDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA.
Nan YangDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA.
Thomas C SüdhofDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA. luchen1@stanford.edu wernig@stanford.edu tcs1@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3361-9275
Marius WernigDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA. luchen1@stanford.edu wernig@stanford.edu tcs1@stanford.edu.
Lu ChenDepartments of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 265 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5453, USA. luchen1@stanford.edu wernig@stanford.edu tcs1@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8097-2699
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine · USStanford Medicine · USStanford University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Role of synaptotagmins and neurexin ligands in homeostatic synaptic plasticityP50MH086403 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DEISSEROTH, KARL A. · 2009 to 2019
$18.4M
Multimodal analysis of high-risk psychosis mutations in induced neuronal cellsU19MH104172 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WERNIG, MARIUS · 2014 to 2018
$9.7M
Induced neuronal cells: A novel tool to study neuropsychiatric diseasesR01MH092931 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Thomas C. Sudhof, Marius Wernig · 2010 to 2026
$9.7M
VECTOR COREP30NS069375 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SHAMLOO, MEHRDAD · 2011 to 2019
$6.3M
Developmental Pathophysiology of Synapses in a Mouse Model of Fragile X SyndromeR01HD084215 · NICHD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, LU · 2014 to 2018
$3.3M
APP, Alzheimer's Disease, and Synaptic FunctionR01MH069585 · NIMH · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SUDHOF, THOMAS C. · 2004 to 2008
$2.6M
Regulation of synaptic transmission by retinoic acid signalingR01MH091193 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, LU · 2011 to 2015
$2.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD084215NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH086403NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH069585NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH091193NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH092931NIMH NIH HHS U19 MH104172NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS069375
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an X chromosome-linked disease leading to severe intellectual disabilities. FXS is caused by inactivation of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (

Indexed as

HomeostasisNeuronal PlasticitySignal TransductionAllelesAnimalsBase SequenceCell DifferentiationCell LineEmbryonic Stem CellsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1Fragile X SyndromeHumansMiceMutationNeuronsFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1Tretinoin

Identifiers

PMID30068571
PMCPMC6317709
OpenAlexW2885970514

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