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ReviewGenes & development2021

Interorganelle communication, aging, and neurodegeneration.

Maja Petkovic, Caitlin E O'Brien, Yuh Nung Jan

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Review in Genes & development, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maja PetkovicDepartment of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9162-573X
Caitlin E O'BrienHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
Yuh Nung JanDepartment of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.

Funding

Dendrite morphogenesis, function and regenerationR35NS097227 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JAN, YUH NUNG · 2017 to 2024
$5.1M
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of spinocerebellar ataxia gene TMEM16K in interorganellar communicationR21AG061468 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JAN, YUH NUNG · 2019 to 2020
$441k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIA NIH HHS R21 AG061468NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our cells are comprised of billions of proteins, lipids, and other small molecules packed into their respective subcellular organelles, with the daunting task of maintaining cellular homeostasis over a lifetime. However, it is becoming increasingly evident that organelles do not act as autonomous discrete units but rather as interconnected hubs that engage in extensive communication through membrane contacts. In the last few years, our understanding of how these contacts coordinate organelle function has redefined our view of the cell. This review aims to present novel findings on the cellular interorganelle communication network and how its dysfunction may contribute to aging and neurodegeneration. The consequences of disturbed interorganellar communication are intimately linked with age-related pathologies. Given that both aging and neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the concomitant failure of multiple cellular pathways, coordination of organelle communication and function could represent an emerging regulatory mechanism critical for long-term cellular homeostasis. We anticipate that defining the relationships between interorganelle communication, aging, and neurodegeneration will open new avenues for therapeutics.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceAnimalsHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesOrganellesSignal Transductionagingcellular homeostasiscommunicationcontact sitesendolysosomal pathwayinterorganelle communicationlipid metabolismmitochondrianeurodegeneration

Identifiers

PMID33861720
PMCPMC8015714

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