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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2020

The role of clustered protocadherins in neurodevelopment and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Erin Flaherty, Tom Maniatis

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erin FlahertyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, United States; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain and Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, United States.
Tom ManiatisDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, United States; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain and Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, United States; New York Genome Center, New York, NY 10013, United States. Electronic address: tm2472@cumc.columbia.edu.
Columbia University · US

Funding

The role of the clustered protocadherins in neural circuit formation and implications for neurodevelopmental disordersR01MH108579 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MANIATIS, THOMAS P · 2016 to 2025
$5.1M
The structural basis of cis and trans protocadherin interactionsR01MH114817 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MANIATIS, THOMAS P, SHAPIRO, LAWRENCE S · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
The Role of Clustered Protocadherins in Neurite Self-avoidanceR01NS088476 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MANIATIS, THOMAS P · 2015 to 2018
$1.5M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH108579NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH114817NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During development, individual neurons extend highly branched arbors that innervate the surrounding territory, enabling the formation of appropriate synaptic connections. The clustered protocadherins (cPCDH), a family of diverse cell-surface homophilic proteins, provide each neuron with a cell specific identity required for distinguishing between self versus non-self. While only 52 unique cPcdh isoforms are encoded in the human genome, a combination of stochastic promoter choice and the formation of a protein lattice through engagement of adjacent cPCDH protein cis/trans-tetramers confer the high degree of cellular specificity required for self-recognition. Studies of mice bearing deletions of individual cPcdh gene clustees have identified deficits in circuit formation and behavior. In humans, single nucleotide variants scattered across the cPCDH locus have been identified, which associate with multiple neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and schizophrenia. To advance our understanding of cPCDH stochastic choice and maintenance, function across cell types, and contribution to neuropsychiatric disease pathogenesis, hiPSC-based models have been developed. Ultimately, integration of human genetic data, biochemical assays, and functional studies is needed to uncover the mechanism underlying neurite repulsion, which has been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsCadherinsHumansMental DisordersNeurodevelopmental DisordersProtein IsoformsCadherinsProtein Isoforms

Identifiers

PMID32679536
PMCPMC7750918
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