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ReviewDevelopmental neurobiology2021

Microtubule dynamics in healthy and injured neurons.

Melissa M Rolls, Pankajam Thyagarajan, Chengye Feng

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In one paragraph

Review in Developmental neurobiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Imaging microtubule dynamics: A new frontier in biomarker development for neurodegenerative diseases.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  11. Fidgetin binds spastin to attenuate the microtubule-severing activity.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research · 2025
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  16. Handling Difficult Cryo-ET Samples: A Study with Primary Neurons from Drosophila melanogaster.Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada · 2023
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  17. The role of mechanics in axonal stability and development.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2023
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  18. Tubulin deacetylase NDST3 modulates lysosomal acidification: Implications in neurological diseases.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2022
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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.

Melissa M RollsBiochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5021-4360
Pankajam ThyagarajanBiochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Chengye FengBiochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Resource Component: Acquisition, maintenance and distribution of Drosophila stocksP40OD018537 · OD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Annette L. Parks · 2014 to 2026
$13.5M
Using Drosophila Neurons to Identify Mechanisms that Control Microtubule PolarityR01GM085115 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI Melissa Rolls · 2010 to 2026
$5.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM085115NIH HHS P40 OD018537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most neurons must last a lifetime and their microtubule cytoskeleton is an important contributor to their longevity. Neurons have some of the most stable microtubules of all cells, but the tip of every microtubule remains dynamic and, although requiring constant GTP consumption, microtubules are always being rebuilt. While some ongoing level of rebuilding always occurs, overall microtubule stability can be modulated in response to injury and stress as well as the normal developmental process of pruning. Specific microtubule severing proteins act in different contexts to increase microtubule dynamicity and promote degeneration and pruning. After axon injury, complex changes in dynamics occur and these are important for both neuroprotection induced by injury and subsequent outgrowth of a new axon. Understanding how microtubule dynamics is modulated in different scenarios, as well as the impact of the changes in stability, is an important avenue to explore for development of strategies to promote neuroprotection and regeneration.

Indexed as

AxonsNeuronsCytoskeletonMicrotubulesdegenerationmicrotubuleneuronregeneration

Identifiers

PMID32291942
PMCPMC7572564
OpenAlexW3015854403

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Registered trials

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