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ReviewBiological psychiatry2020

The Netrin-1/DCC Guidance Cue Pathway as a Molecular Target in Depression: Translational Evidence.

Angélica Torres-Berrío, Giovanni Hernandez, Eric J Nestler, Cecilia Flores

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In one paragraph

Review in Biological psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Mechanism of Netrin-1 in electroacupuncture-mediated inhibition of nerve fiber ingrowth in degenerative intervertebral discs.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Angélica Torres-BerríoIntegrated Program in Neuroscience, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Nash Family Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
Giovanni HernandezDouglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Eric J NestlerNash Family Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
Cecilia FloresDepartment of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: cecilia.flores@mcgill.ca.
Allen Institute for Brain Science · USDouglas Mental Health University Institute · CA

Funding

REPRESSIVE HISTONE AND DNA METHYLATION IN RODENT DEPRESSION MODELSP50MH096890 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI ALLIS, CHARLES DAVID · 2012 to 2021
$20.2M
Using neuroeconomics to disentangle the transcriptional mechanisms underlying resilience versus susceptibility to stressR01MH051399 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI NESTLER, ERIC J. · 1994 to 2023
$10.2M
Amphetamine in adolescence disrupts frontal cortex developmentR01DA037911 · NIDA · MCGILL UNIVERSITY · PI FLORES, CECILIA · 2015 to 2024
$2.5M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA037911NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH096890NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH051399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Netrin-1/DCC guidance cue pathway plays a critical role in guiding growing axons toward the prefrontal cortex during adolescence and in the maturational organization and adult plasticity of prefrontal cortex connectivity. In this review, we put forward the idea that alterations in prefrontal cortex architecture and function, which are intrinsically linked to the development of major depressive disorder, originate in part from the dysregulation of the Netrin-1/DCC pathway by a mechanism that involves microRNA-218. We discuss evidence derived from mouse models of stress and from human postmortem brain and genome-wide association studies indicating an association between the Netrin-1/DCC pathway and major depressive disorder. We propose a potential role of circulating microRNA-218 as a biomarker of stress vulnerability and major depressive disorder.

Indexed as

Major Depressive DisorderMicroRNAsAxonsCuesDCC ReceptorDepressionGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansNetrin-1Receptors, Cell SurfaceTumor Suppressor ProteinsDCC protein, humanDCC ReceptorMicroRNAsMIRN218 microRNA, humanNetrin-1Receptors, Cell SurfaceTumor Suppressor ProteinsAdolescenceBiomarkersmicroRNANeurodevelopmentPrefrontal cortexResilience

Identifiers

PMID32593422
PMCPMC7529861
OpenAlexW3021375251

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