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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2019

Transposable Elements, Inflammation, and Neurological Disease.

Aurian Saleh, Angela Macia, Alysson R Muotri

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
92citing papers in PubMed
24.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. LINE-1 Retrotransposons and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  15. Derepression of transposable elements in the mouse prefrontal cortex disrupts social behavior.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  18. Extrachromosomal Circular DNA and Transposable Elements in Type 2 Diabetes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aurian SalehDepartment of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
Angela MaciaDepartment of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
Alysson R MuotriDepartment of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego · US

Funding

The Impact of L1retrotransposition in the nervous systemR01MH094753 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MUOTRI, ALYSSON R. · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH094753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transposable Elements (TE) are mobile DNA elements that can replicate and insert themselves into different locations within the host genome. Their propensity to self-propagate has a myriad of consequences and yet their biological significance is not well-understood. Indeed, retrotransposons have evaded evolutionary attempts at repression and may contribute to somatic mosaicism. Retrotransposons are emerging as potent regulatory elements within the human genome. In the diseased state, there is mounting evidence that endogenous retroelements play a role in etiopathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, with a disposition for both autoimmune and neurological disorders. We postulate that active mobile genetic elements contribute more to human disease pathogenesis than previously thought.

Indexed as

CNSHERVinflammationLINE-1retrotranspositionreverse transcriptase inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID31481926
PMCPMC6710400
OpenAlexW2966850360

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