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ReviewMolecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2018

Advances in therapeutic use of a drug-stimulated translational readthrough of premature termination codons.

Maciej Dabrowski, Zuzanna Bukowy-Bieryllo, Ewa Zietkiewicz

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Review in Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers.

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103citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed, 153 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maciej DabrowskiInstitute of Human Genetics; Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Zuzanna Bukowy-BierylloInstitute of Human Genetics; Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Ewa ZietkiewiczInstitute of Human Genetics; Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland. ewa.zietkiewicz@igcz.poznan.pl.
Polish Academy of Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Premature termination codons (PTCs) in the coding regions of mRNA lead to the incorrect termination of translation and generation of non-functional, truncated proteins. Translational readthrough of PTCs induced by pharmaceutical compounds is a promising way of restoring functional protein expression and reducing disease symptoms, without affecting the genome or transcriptome of the patient. While in some cases proven effective, the clinical use of readthrough-inducing compounds is still associated with many risks and difficulties. This review focuses on problems directly associated with compounds used to stimulate PTC readthrough, such as their interactions with the cell and organism, their toxicity and bioavailability (cell permeability; tissue deposition etc.). Various strategies designed to overcome these problems are presented.

Indexed as

Codon, NonsenseProtein BiosynthesisAnimalsDrug TherapyHumansCodon, NonsenseGenetic diseasesNonsense suppressionPremature termination codonStop codon suppressionTranslational readthrough

Identifiers

PMID30134808
PMCPMC6016875
OpenAlexW2805375445

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