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ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2021

MFN2 Deficiency Impairs Mitochondrial Transport and Downregulates Motor Protein Expression in Human Spinal Motor Neurons.

Yongchao Mou, Joshua Dein, Zhenyu Chen, Mrunali Jagdale, Xue-Jun Li

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Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

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

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  15. Mitofusin 2 Sustains the Axonal Mitochondrial Network to Support Presynaptic CaThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yongchao MouDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, Rockford, IL, United States.
Joshua DeinMD Program, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, Rockford, IL, United States.
Zhenyu ChenDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, Rockford, IL, United States.
Mrunali JagdaleDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, Rockford, IL, United States.
Xue-Jun LiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, Rockford, IL, United States.
University of Illinois Chicago, Rockford campus · USIllinois College · US

Funding

Uncover the role of glia-neuron crosstalk in hereditary spastic paraplegiasR01NS118066 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI LI, XUE-JUN · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS118066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is one of the most common genetically inherited neurological disorders and CMT type 2A (CMT 2A) is caused by dominant mutations in the mitofusin-2 (

Indexed as

CMT2Ahuman embryonic stem cellMFN2mitochondrial transportspinal motor neuron

Identifiers

PMID34602978
PMCPMC8482798
OpenAlexW3200959582

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