Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34405255›Full record

ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2021

Neuroserpin: structure, function, physiology and pathology.

Emanuela D'Acunto, Annamaria Fra, Cristina Visentin, Mauro Manno, Stefano Ricagno, Giovanna Galliciotti, Elena Miranda

Open access · hybridAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Editing out the polymers: Toward a gene therapy for FENIB.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Emanuela D'Acunto *Department of Biology and Biotechnologies 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7391-8336
Annamaria Fra *Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4327-3004
Cristina Visentin *Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2705-1417
Mauro MannoInstitute of Biophysics, National Research Council of Italy, Palermo, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9843-0428
Stefano RicagnoDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6678-5873
Giovanna GalliciottiInstitute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2697-2364
Elena MirandaDepartment of Biology and Biotechnologies 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. mariaelena.mirandabanos@uniroma1.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0586-8795
University of Milan · ITIstituto Pasteur · ITNational Research Council · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Brescia · IT

Funding

Fondazione Telethon GGP1736
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroserpin is a serine protease inhibitor identified in a search for proteins implicated in neuronal axon growth and synapse formation. Since its discovery over 30 years ago, it has been the focus of active research. Many efforts have concentrated in elucidating its neuroprotective role in brain ischemic lesions, the structural bases of neuroserpin conformational change and the effects of neuroserpin polymers that underlie the neurodegenerative disease FENIB (familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies), but the investigation of the physiological roles of neuroserpin has increased over the last years. In this review, we present an updated and critical revision of the current literature dealing with neuroserpin, covering all aspects of research including the expression and physiological roles of neuroserpin, both inside and outside the nervous system; its inhibitory and non-inhibitory mechanisms of action; the molecular structure of the monomeric and polymeric conformations of neuroserpin, including a detailed description of the polymerisation mechanism; and the involvement of neuroserpin in human disease, with particular emphasis on FENIB. Finally, we briefly discuss the identification by genome-wide screening of novel neuroserpin variants and their possible pathogenicity.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsEpilepsies, MyoclonicHeredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous SystemHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronsNeuropeptidesNeuroserpinPolymerizationSerpinsNeuropeptidesNeuroserpinSerpinsEpilepsyNeurodegenerative diseasePathogenic variantsSerpinsSynaptic plasticityTissue-type plasminogen activator

Identifiers

PMID34405255
PMCPMC8558161
OpenAlexW3193988493

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.