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ArticleScientific reports2021

Clearance of peripheral nerve misfolded mutant protein by infiltrated macrophages correlates with motor neuron disease progression.

Wataru Shiraishi, Ryo Yamasaki, Yu Hashimoto, Senri Ko, Yuko Kobayakawa, Noriko Isobe, Takuya Matsushita, Jun-Ichi Kira

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wataru Shiraishi *Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Ryo Yamasaki *Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. yamasaki.ryo.510@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Yu HashimotoDepartment of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Senri KoDepartment of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Yuko KobayakawaDepartment of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Noriko IsobeDepartment of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Takuya MatsushitaDepartment of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Jun-Ichi KiraDepartment of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Kyushu University · JPInternational University of Health and Welfare · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophages expressing C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2) infiltrate the central and peripheral neural tissues of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. To identify the functional role of CCR2

Indexed as

MutationAnimalsCX3C Chemokine Receptor 1Disease ProgressionHumansMacrophagesMiceMice, TransgenicMotor Neuron DiseasePeripheral NervesReceptors, CCR2Spinal CordSuperoxide DismutaseCCR2 protein, humanCX3C Chemokine Receptor 1CX3CR1 protein, humanReceptors, CCR2Superoxide Dismutase

Identifiers

PMID34385589
PMCPMC8360983
OpenAlexW3188736780

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