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ArticleCell & gene therapy insights2020

Chemogenetics: drug-controlled gene therapies for neural circuit disorders.

Scott M Sternson, David Bleakman

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Article in Cell & gene therapy insights, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Multifunctional bioelectronics for brain-body circuits.Nature reviews bioengineering · 2025
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  8. Imaging-based chemogenetics for dissecting neural circuits in nonhuman primates.Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences · 2024
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Scott M SternsonJanelia Research Campus, HHMI, 19700 Helix Dr. Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
David BleakmanRedpin Therapeutics, 1329, Madison Avenue, Suite 125, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Io Therapeutics (United States) · USJanelia Research Campus · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many patients with nervous system disorders have considerable unmet clinical needs or suffer debilitating drug side effects. A major limitation of exiting treatment approaches is that traditional small molecule pharmacotherapy lacks sufficient specificity to effectively treat many neurological diseases. Chemogenetics is a new gene therapy technology that targets an engineered receptor to cell types involved in nervous system dysfunction, enabling highly selective drug-controlled neuromodulation. Here, we discuss chemogenetic platforms and considerations for their potential application as human nervous system therapies.

Identifiers

PMID34422319
PMCPMC8376173
OpenAlexW3195376566

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