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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2021

Walking the line: mechanisms underlying directional mRNA transport and localisation in neurons and beyond.

Reem Abouward, Giampietro Schiavo

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Research progress on vesicular trafficking in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Reem AbouwardDepartment of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
Giampietro SchiavoDepartment of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, WC1N 3BG, UK. giampietro.schiavo@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4319-8745
The Francis Crick Institute · GBUK Dementia Research Institute · GB

Funding

UK Dementia Research Institute Foundation UKDRI-1005Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 107116/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust PhD Programme at UCL
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Messenger RNA (mRNA) localisation enables a high degree of spatiotemporal control on protein synthesis, which contributes to establishing the asymmetric protein distribution required to set up and maintain cellular polarity. As such, a tight control of mRNA localisation is essential for many biological processes during development and in adulthood, such as body axes determination in Drosophila melanogaster and synaptic plasticity in neurons. The mechanisms controlling how mRNAs are localised, including diffusion and entrapment, local degradation and directed active transport, are largely conserved across evolution and have been under investigation for decades in different biological models. In this review, we will discuss the standing of the field regarding directional mRNA transport in light of the recent discovery that RNA can hitchhike on cytoplasmic organelles, such as endolysosomes, and the impact of these transport modalities on our understanding of neuronal function during development, adulthood and in neurodegeneration.

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AnimalsAxonsDrosophilaHumansMolecular Motor ProteinsNeuronsOocytesRNA, MessengerRNA TransportSaccharomycetalesMolecular Motor ProteinsRNA, MessengerAxonal transportNeurodegenerationVesicular traffic

Identifiers

PMID33341920
PMCPMC8004493
OpenAlexW3116357288

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