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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2020

Sensitive quantification of α-glucans in mouse tissues, cell cultures, and human cerebrospinal fluid.

Silvia Nitschke, Sara Petković, Saija Ahonen, Berge A Minassian, Felix Nitschke

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Silvia NitschkeDepartments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Sara PetkovićProgram in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Saija AhonenProgram in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Berge A MinassianDepartments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Felix NitschkeDepartments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Electronic address: felix.nitschke@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USHospital for Sick Children · CA

Funding

Suppressing glycogen storage with small molecule inhibitors as a therapeutic approach to Lafora DiseaseP01NS097197 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI GAO, TIANYAN · 2016 to 2021
$9.0M
NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS097197
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The soluble α-polyglucan glycogen is a central metabolite enabling transient glucose storage to suit cellular energy needs. Glycogen storage diseases (GSDs) comprise over 15 entities caused by generalized or tissue-specific defects in enzymes of glycogen metabolism. In several,

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AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesFemaleGlucansGlycogen Storage DiseaseHEK293 CellsHippocampusHumansLafora DiseaseMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle, SkeletalGlucansadult polyglucosan body diseaseATP-depletion assaybioluminescencebiomarkercerebrospinal fluidglycogenglycogen storage diseaseLafora diseaseLafora progressive myoclonic epilepsyMELF

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PMID32817315
PMCPMC7586225
OpenAlexW3049274235

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