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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2021

Translation of the poly(GR) frame in C9ORF72-ALS/FTD is regulated by cis-elements involved in alternative splicing.

Alexa Lampasona, Sandra Almeida, Fen-Biao Gao

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Cryptic intronic transcriptional initiation generates efficient endogenous mRNA templates for C9orf72-associated RAN translation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexa LampasonaDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Sandra AlmeidaDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: sandra.almeida@umassmed.edu.
Fen-Biao GaoDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: fen-biao.gao@umassmed.edu.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Investigating Common Molecular Pathogenic Pathways in Frontotemporal Dementia Patients iPSC-Derived NeuronsR01NS057553 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Fen-Biao Gao · 2008 to 2026
$4.5M
Investigating Pathogenic Mechanisms of Frontotemporal Dementia Caused by Mutations in CHMP2B and TBK1R37NS057553 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GAO, FEN-BIAO · 2018 to 2024
$4.3M
Understanding Frontotemporal Dementia Using Drosophila and iPSC ModelsR01NS101986 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Fen-Biao Gao · 2017 to 2026
$3.6M
Inhibiting Translation of Endogenous G4C2-Containing RNA As a Novel Therapy for C9ORF72-ALSR21NS109847 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GAO, FEN-BIAO, RICHTER, JOEL D · 2018 to 2019
$461k
Investigating Translational De-repression as a Mechanism to Increase Progranulin Levels in iPSC-derived Patient NeuronsR21NS112766 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ALMEIDA, SANDRA · 2019 to 2019
$461k
Characterization of TASK-1 Modulation of Dipeptide Repeat Protein-Mediated Toxicity in iPSC-derived C9ORF72 Patient Neurons.R21NS119952 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ALMEIDA, SANDRA · 2020 to 2020
$461k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsC9orf72 ProteinDipeptidesDNA Repeat ExpansionFrontotemporal DementiaHEK293 CellsHumansIntronsNeuronsProtein BiosynthesisProteinsRNA, AntisenseC9orf72 ProteinC9orf72 protein, humanDipeptidespoly(glycyl-alanyl)ProteinsRNA, AntisenseALSCis elementsFTDPoly(GR)RepeatsTranslation

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PMID34157654
PMCPMC8338774
OpenAlexW3161027735

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