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ArticleAging cell2021

"Protein aggregates" contain RNA and DNA, entrapped by misfolded proteins but largely rescued by slowing translational elongation.

Robert J Shmookler Reis, Ramani Atluri, Meenakshisundaram Balasubramaniam, Jay Johnson, Akshatha Ganne, Srinivas Ayyadevara

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Article in Aging cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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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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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic review and meta-analysis of bulk RNAseq studies in human Alzheimer's disease brain tissue.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  7. Chronic RNA G-quadruplex Accumulation in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  16. Roles of Non-Coding RNA in Alzheimer's Disease Pathophysiology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. Emerging Roles of RNA-Binding Proteins in Neurodevelopment.Journal of developmental biology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Robert J Shmookler ReisCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4691-0734
Ramani AtluriDepartment of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Meenakshisundaram BalasubramaniamDepartment of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Jay JohnsonBioInformatics Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Akshatha GanneBioInformatics Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Srinivas AyyadevaraCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, USA.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock · USUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · USCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System · US

Funding

THE APOE-APP AXIS IN ALZHEIMER PATHOGENESISP01AG012411 · NIA · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI GRIFFIN, SUE TILTON · 1995 to 2020
$25.0M
Inference of Common Pathways Underlying Neurodegeneration & Other Age-Progressive DiseasesR01AG062254 · NIA · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI AYYADEVARA, SRINIVAS, SHMOOKLER REIS, ROBERT JOSEPH · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Analysis and Therapy of Age-Dependent Proteostasis Failure in NeurodegenerationI01BX001655 · VA · CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HLTHCARE SYS · PI SHMOOKLER REIS, ROBERT JOSEPH · 2013 to 2022
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BLR&D Research Career Scientist AwardIK6BX004851 · VA · CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HLTHCARE SYS · PI Robert Joseph Shmookler Reis · 2020 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX001655BLRD VA IK6 BX004851NIA NIH HHS P01 AG012411NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062254
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All neurodegenerative diseases feature aggregates, which usually contain disease-specific diagnostic proteins; non-protein constituents, however, have rarely been explored. Aggregates from SY5Y-APP

Indexed as

Peptide Chain Elongation, TranslationalProtein AggregatesAlzheimer DiseaseChromatin Immunoprecipitation SequencingDNADNA-Binding ProteinsGliomaHippocampusHumansProtein FoldingRNARNA-Binding ProteinsRNA-SeqRNA, ViralDNADNA-Binding ProteinsProtein AggregatesRNARNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralaggregationAlzheimer’s diseaseapolipoprotein Ebeta amyloidcotranslational misfoldingDNAendogenous virusesfunctional annotationgene ontologyneurodegenerationnucleic acidsnucleic acid sequenceprotein aggregatesproteomicsretrotransposonsRNA

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PMID33788386
PMCPMC8135009
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