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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020

Investigating the Causal Effect of Brain Expression of

Teresa Fazia, Andrea Nova, Davide Gentilini, Ashley Beecham, Marialuisa Piras, Valeria Saddi, Anna Ticca, Pierpaolo Bitti, Jacob L McCauley, Carlo Berzuini and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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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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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Teresa FaziaDepartment of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Andrea NovaDepartment of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Davide GentiliniDepartment of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Ashley BeechamJohn P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States.
Marialuisa PirasDivisione di Neurologia, Presidio Ospedaliero S. Francesco, ASL Numero 3 Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy.
Valeria SaddiDivisione di Neurologia, Presidio Ospedaliero S. Francesco, ASL Numero 3 Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy.
Anna TiccaDivisione di Neurologia, Presidio Ospedaliero S. Francesco, ASL Numero 3 Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy.
Pierpaolo BittiCentro di Tipizzazione Tissutale, S.I.T., Presidio Ospedaliero S. Francesco, ASL Numero 3 Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy.
Jacob L McCauleyJohn P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States.
Carlo BerzuiniCentre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Luisa BernardinelliDepartment of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Presidio Ospedaliero · ITUniversity of Pavia · ITDr. John T. Macdonald Foundation · USUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) exhibits considerable heterogeneity in phenotypic expression, course, prognosis and response to therapy. This suggests this disease involves multiple, as yet poorly understood, causal mechanisms. In this work we assessed the possible causal link between gene expression level of five selected genes related to the pro-inflammatory NF-κB signaling pathway (i.e.,

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family datagene expressionMendelian randomizationMultiple SclerosisNF-κB signaling pathway

Identifiers

PMID32432099
PMCPMC7216783
OpenAlexW3023258814

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