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ReviewCells2021

MicroRNAs in the Onset of Schizophrenia.

Kristen T Thomas, Stanislav S Zakharenko

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. MicroRNAs as biomarkers and molecular mediators of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  15. miRNA-Based Diagnosis of Schizophrenia Using Machine Learning.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  20. The Role of microRNA in Schizophrenia: A Scoping Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristen T ThomasDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Stanislav S ZakharenkoDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8115-202X
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Synaptic mechanisms of auditory memoryR01DC012833 · NIDCD · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI ZAKHARENKO, STANISLAV S · 2013 to 2022
$4.2M
Towards understanding cellular mechanisms of positive symptoms of schizophreniaR01MH097742 · NIMH · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI ZAKHARENKO, STANISLAV S · 2013 to 2022
$4.1M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC012833NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH097742Uytengsu-Hamilton 22q11 Neuropsychiatry Research Awards UH22QEXTFY21
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mounting evidence implicates microRNAs (miRNAs) in the pathology of schizophrenia. These small noncoding RNAs bind to mRNAs containing complementary sequences and promote their degradation and/or inhibit protein synthesis. A single miRNA may have hundreds of targets, and miRNA targets are overrepresented among schizophrenia-risk genes. Although schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder, symptoms usually do not appear until adolescence, and most patients do not receive a schizophrenia diagnosis until late adolescence or early adulthood. However, few studies have examined miRNAs during this critical period. First, we examine evidence that the miRNA pathway is dynamic throughout adolescence and adulthood and that miRNAs regulate processes critical to late neurodevelopment that are aberrant in patients with schizophrenia. Next, we examine evidence implicating miRNAs in the conversion to psychosis, including a schizophrenia-associated single nucleotide polymorphism in

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsBase SequenceGene Expression RegulationGenetic VariationHumansMicroRNAsSchizophreniaTime FactorsMicroRNAs22q11.2 deletion syndromeadolescenceage of onsetDGCR8microRNAmiR-132-3pmiR-137miR-29neurodevelopmentschizophrenia

Identifiers

PMID34685659
PMCPMC8534348
OpenAlexW3202286412

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