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ReviewCells2021

The Link between VAPB Loss of Function and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Nica Borgese, Nicola Iacomino, Sara Francesca Colombo, Francesca Navone

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 47 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nica BorgeseCNR Institute of Neuroscience, Via Follereau 3, Bldg U28, 20854 Vedano al Lambro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7537-3974
Nicola IacominoCNR Institute of Neuroscience, Via Follereau 3, Bldg U28, 20854 Vedano al Lambro, Italy.
Sara Francesca ColomboCNR Institute of Neuroscience, Via Follereau 3, Bldg U28, 20854 Vedano al Lambro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9714-3961
Francesca NavoneCNR Institute of Neuroscience, Via Follereau 3, Bldg U28, 20854 Vedano al Lambro, Italy.
Neuroscience Institute · IT

Funding

Regione Lombardia Fondazione Regionale per la Ricerca Biomedica [TRANS-ALS grant no. 2015-0023].
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The VAP proteins are integral adaptor proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane that recruit a myriad of interacting partners to the ER surface. Through these interactions, the VAPs mediate a large number of processes, notably the generation of membrane contact sites between the ER and essentially all other cellular membranes. In 2004, it was discovered that a mutation (p.P56S) in the

Indexed as

MutationAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHaploinsufficiencyHumansNeuronsPhenotypeRisk FactorsSignal TransductionVesicular Transport ProteinsVAPB protein, humanVesicular Transport Proteinsendoplasmic reticulumFFAT motifmembrane contact sitesmotor neuronsneurodegenerationphosphoinositidesVAP proteins

Identifiers

PMID34440634
PMCPMC8392409
OpenAlexW3186863301

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