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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Brain Long Noncoding RNAs: Multitask Regulators of Neuronal Differentiation and Function.

Sarva Keihani, Verena Kluever, Eugenio F Fornasiero

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 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
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Sarva KeihaniDepartment of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8031-2036
Verena KlueverDepartment of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Eugenio F FornasieroDepartment of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7643-4962
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft FO 1342/1-3Schram Stiftung T0287/35359/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extraordinary cellular diversity and the complex connections established within different cells types render the nervous system of vertebrates one of the most sophisticated tissues found in living organisms. Such complexity is ensured by numerous regulatory mechanisms that provide tight spatiotemporal control, robustness and reliability. While the unusual abundance of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in nervous tissues was traditionally puzzling, it is becoming clear that these molecules have genuine regulatory functions in the brain and they are essential for neuronal physiology. The canonical view of RNA as predominantly a 'coding molecule' has been largely surpassed, together with the conception that lncRNAs only represent 'waste material' produced by cells as a side effect of pervasive transcription. Here we review a growing body of evidence showing that lncRNAs play key roles in several regulatory mechanisms of neurons and other brain cells. In particular, neuronal lncRNAs are crucial for orchestrating neurogenesis, for tuning neuronal differentiation and for the exact calibration of neuronal excitability. Moreover, their diversity and the association to neurodegenerative diseases render them particularly interesting as putative biomarkers for brain disease. Overall, we foresee that in the future a more systematic scrutiny of lncRNA functions will be instrumental for an exhaustive understanding of neuronal pathophysiology.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationNeurogenesisAnimalsBrainHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Long Noncodinglong noncoding RNAsneurogenesisneuronal developmentneuronal differentiationneuronssynaptic activitysynaptic plasticity

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PMID34203457
PMCPMC8272081
OpenAlexW3174095685

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