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ArticleeLife2021

Sensory transduction is required for normal development and maturation of cochlear inner hair cell synapses.

John Lee, Kosuke Kawai, Jeffrey R Holt, Gwenaëlle Sg Géléoc

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Spontaneous Calcium Signalling in the Developing Mammalian Cochlea.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John LeeSpeech and Hearing Bioscience & Technology Program, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, United States.
Kosuke KawaiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Jeffrey R HoltDepartment of Otolaryngology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7182-8011
Gwenaëlle Sg GéléocDepartment of Otolaryngology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTOGENESISP30HD018655 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI POMEROY, SCOTT LOREN · 1985 to 2015
$26.2M
Genetic Analysis and Manipulation Core (GAEC)P50HD105351 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SCOTT Loren POMEROY, MUSTAFA SAHIN · 2021 to 2026
$9.4M
Functional development of hair cells and neurons in the inner earR01DC008853 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI GELEOC, GWENAELLE S · 2007 to 2025
$6.4M
TMC gene function in sensory hair cellsR01DC013521 · NIDCD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI JEFFREY R HOLT · 2013 to 2026
$6.0M
Synaptic and Functional Changes in Cochlear and Vestibular Hair Cells of Tmc Mutant MiceF32DC018233 · NIDCD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI LEE, JOHN · 2019 to 2020
$149k
NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD018655NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105351NIDCD NIH HHS F32 DC018233NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC008853NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC013521
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acoustic overexposure and aging can damage auditory synapses in the inner ear by a process known as synaptopathy. These insults may also damage hair bundles and the sensory transduction apparatus in auditory hair cells. However, a connection between sensory transduction and synaptopathy has not been established. To evaluate potential contributions of sensory transduction to synapse formation and development, we assessed inner hair cell synapses in several genetic models of dysfunctional sensory transduction, including mice lacking transmembrane channel-like (

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AnimalsGenetic TherapyHair Cells, Auditory, InnerHearing Loss, SensorineuralMechanotransduction, CellularMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMice, Mutant StrainsSynapsesMembrane ProteinsTMC1 protein, mousegeneticsgenomicshair cellmouseneurosciencesensory transductionspiral ganglion neuronsynaptogenesissynaptopathyTMC1

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PMID34734805
PMCPMC8598158
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