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ReviewCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2019

KCTD: A new gene family involved in neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Xinchen Teng, Abdel Aouacheria, Loïc Lionnard, Kyle A Metz, Lucian Soane, Atsushi Kamiya, J Marie Hardwick

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Review in CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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85citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 120 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Xinchen TengJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2427-9371
Abdel AouacheriaISEM, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6712-9595
Loïc LionnardISEM, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Kyle A MetzW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Lucian SoaneW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Atsushi KamiyaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-4274-5567
J Marie HardwickW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-4847-2045
Johns Hopkins University · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

Project 3P50MH094268 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SAWA, AKIRA · 2011 to 2020
$19.9M
Molecular mechanism of astrocytic vulnerability to adolescent cannabis useR01DA041208 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KAMIYA, ATSUSHI, PLETNIKOV, MIKHAIL V · 2016 to 2020
$2.9M
Mechanisms of NeurodegenerationR01NS083373 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HARDWICK, J. MARIE · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
Conserved Cell Death Pathways in Mammals and YeastR01GM077875 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HARDWICK, J. MARIE · 2006 to 2010
$1.4M
Non-apoptotic caspase activity in neuronsR21NS096677 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HARDWICK, J. MARIE · 2016 to 2017
$439k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA041208NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077875NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH094268NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083373NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS096677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The underlying molecular basis for neurodevelopmental or neuropsychiatric disorders is not known. In contrast, mechanistic understanding of other brain disorders including neurodegeneration has advanced considerably. Yet, these do not approach the knowledge accrued for many cancers with precision therapeutics acting on well-characterized targets. Although the identification of genes responsible for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders remains a major obstacle, the few causally associated genes are ripe for discovery by focusing efforts to dissect their mechanisms. Here, we make a case for delving into mechanisms of the poorly characterized human KCTD gene family. Varying levels of evidence support their roles in neurocognitive disorders (KCTD3), neurodevelopmental disease (KCTD7), bipolar disorder (KCTD12), autism and schizophrenia (KCTD13), movement disorders (KCTD17), cancer (KCTD11), and obesity (KCTD15). Collective knowledge about these genes adds enhanced value, and critical insights into potential disease mechanisms have come from unexpected sources. Translation of basic research on the KCTD-related yeast protein Whi2 has revealed roles in nutrient signaling to mTORC1 (KCTD11) and an autophagy-lysosome pathway affecting mitochondria (KCTD7). Recent biochemical and structure-based studies (KCTD12, KCTD13, KCTD16) reveal mechanisms of regulating membrane channel activities through modulation of distinct GTPases. We explore how these seemingly varied functions may be disease related.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansNervous System DiseasesNeurodevelopmental DisordersProteinsProteinsKCTD11KCTD13KCTD7NeurodegenerationNeurodevelopmental disorders

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PMID31197948
PMCPMC6566181
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