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ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2021

RNA Is a Double-Edged Sword in ALS Pathogenesis.

Benjamin L Zaepfel, Jeffrey D Rothstein

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Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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.

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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Toxic mechanisms of amyloid oligomers and therapeutic strategies.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  3. Epitranscriptomic alterations induced by environmental toxins: implications for RNA modifications and disease.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2025
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  6. The structural properties of full-length annexin A11.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024
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  10. Emerging Therapies and Novel Targets for TDP-43 Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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  11. Approaches to Gene Modulation Therapy for ALS.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benjamin L ZaepfelBiochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Jeffrey D RothsteinBrain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects upper and lower motor neurons. Familial ALS accounts for a small subset of cases (<10-15%) and is caused by dominant mutations in one of more than 10 known genes. Multiple genes have been causally or pathologically linked to both ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Many of these genes encode RNA-binding proteins, so the role of dysregulated RNA metabolism in neurodegeneration is being actively investigated. In addition to defects in RNA metabolism, recent studies provide emerging evidence into how RNA itself can contribute to the degeneration of both motor and cortical neurons. In this review, we discuss the roles of altered RNA metabolism and RNA-mediated toxicity in the context of

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosisC9ORF72 ALS/FTDFTDFUSRNATDP43

Identifiers

PMID34349625
PMCPMC8326408
OpenAlexW3186810214

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