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ArticleNature medicine2018

MitoTALEN reduces mutant mtDNA load and restores tRNA

Sandra R Bacman, Johanna H K Kauppila, Claudia V Pereira, Nadee Nissanka, Maria Miranda, Milena Pinto, Sion L Williams, Nils-Göran Larsson, James B Stewart, Carlos T Moraes

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Article in Nature medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 169 papers.

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169citing papers in PubMed
10.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

169 citing papers in PubMed, 278 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sandra R BacmanDepartment of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA. sbacman@med.miami.edu.
Johanna H K KauppilaDepartment of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology and Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Claudia V PereiraDepartment of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
Nadee NissankaDepartment of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
Maria MirandaDepartment of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology and Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-553X
Milena PintoDepartment of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9202-1527
Sion L WilliamsDepartment of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
Nils-Göran LarssonDepartment of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology and Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5100-996X
James B StewartDepartment of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology and Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2902-4968
Carlos T MoraesDepartment of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA. cmoraes@med.miami.edu.
University of Miami · USMax Planck Institute for Biology · DE

Funding

SETTING THE STAGE FOR REPLACEMENT OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENESR01EY010804 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MORAES, CARLOS TORRES · 1995 to 2025
$9.4M
Cellular and Molecular Consequences of Respiratory Chain Defects in NeuronsR01NS079965 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MORAES, CARLOS TORRES · 2012 to 2023
$3.9M
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegeneration and Compensatory ApproachesR01AG036871 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MORAES, CARLOS TORRES · 2010 to 2020
$3.3M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY010804NIA NIH HHS R01 AG036871NIH HHS 1R01AG036871NIH HHS 1R01NS079965NIH HHS 5R01EY010804NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are responsible for several metabolic disorders, commonly involving muscle and the central nervous system

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDNA, MitochondrialHeartHumansMiceMitochondria, HeartMitochondrial DiseasesMitochondria, MuscleMuscle, SkeletalOxidative PhosphorylationPoint MutationTranscription Activator-Like Effector NucleasesDNA, MitochondrialTranscription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases

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PMID30250143
PMCPMC6942693
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