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ReviewThe Journal of cell biology2021

The cell biology of Parkinson's disease.

Nikhil Panicker, Preston Ge, Valina L Dawson, Ted M Dawson

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Review in The Journal of cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

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84citing papers in PubMed
12.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 149 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. LRRK2 as a Potential Disease-Modifying Target in Sporadic Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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  19. Ultrastructural membrane dynamics of mouse and human cortical synapses.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nikhil Panicker *Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Preston Ge *Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Valina L DawsonNeuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Ted M DawsonNeuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USOrthopaedic Research Foundation · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Understanding Mechanisms of a-synuclein pathologyP50NS038377 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DAWSON, TED M. · 1998 to 2019
$38.8M
BIOMARKER DISCOVERY AND VALIDATION IN PSPU01NS102035 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PANTELYAT, ALEXANDER Y. · 2018 to 2022
$4.5M
Dynamics of synaptic connectivity in a mouse model of alpha-synuclein transmissionRF1AG059686 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DAWSON, TED M., DAWSON, VALINA L. · 2018 to 2020
$4.0M
Biomarker Discovery and Validation in Parkinson's DiseaseU01NS097049 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ROSENTHAL, LIANA ISA SHAPIRO · 2017 to 2019
$1.9M
ASC oligomerization and transmission as an initiating event for protein aggregation in Synucleinopathy DementiasK99AG066862 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PANICKER, NIKHIL · 2020 to 2021
$271k
NIA NIH HHS K99 AG066862NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG059686NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS038377NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS097049NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS102035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder resulting from the death of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Our understanding of PD biology has been enriched by the identification of genes involved in its rare, inheritable forms, termed PARK genes. These genes encode proteins including α-syn, LRRK2, VPS35, parkin, PINK1, and DJ1, which can cause monogenetic PD when mutated. Investigating the cellular functions of these proteins has been instrumental in identifying signaling pathways that mediate pathology in PD and neuroprotective mechanisms active during homeostatic and pathological conditions. It is now evident that many PD-associated proteins perform multiple functions in PD-associated signaling pathways in neurons. Furthermore, several PARK proteins contribute to non-cell-autonomous mechanisms of neuron death, such as neuroinflammation. A comprehensive understanding of cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous pathways involved in PD is essential for developing therapeutics that may slow or halt its progression.

Indexed as

Parkinson DiseaseSignal Transductionalpha-SynucleinCell BiologyCell DeathHumansLeucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2NeuronsProtein Deglycase DJ-1Protein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseUbiquitin-Protein LigasesVesicular Transport Proteinsalpha-SynucleinLeucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2LRRK2 protein, humanPARK7 protein, humanparkin proteinProtein Deglycase DJ-1Protein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseSNCA protein, humanUbiquitin-Protein LigasesVesicular Transport ProteinsVPS35 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID33749710
PMCPMC8103423
OpenAlexW3136889042

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