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ArticleCells2021

Transcriptional Profiles of Cell Fate Transitions Reveal Early Drivers of Neuronal Apoptosis and Survival.

Giovanna Morello, Ambra Villari, Antonio Gianmaria Spampinato, Valentina La Cognata, Maria Guarnaccia, Giulia Gentile, Maria Teresa Ciotti, Pietro Calissano, Velia D'Agata, Cinzia Severini and 1 more

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Giovanna MorelloInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), Via Paolo Gaifami, 18, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Ambra VillariInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), Via Paolo Gaifami, 18, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Antonio Gianmaria SpampinatoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), Via Paolo Gaifami, 18, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9194-5509
Valentina La CognataInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), Via Paolo Gaifami, 18, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Maria GuarnacciaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), Via Paolo Gaifami, 18, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Giulia GentileInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), Via Paolo Gaifami, 18, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0180-3481
Maria Teresa CiottiInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council (IBBC-CNR), Via E. Ramarini, 32, Monterotondo Scalo, 00015 Rome, Italy.
Pietro CalissanoEuropean Brain Research Institute (EBRI Foundation), Viale Regina Elena, 295, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Velia D'AgataDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia, 87, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1114-8265
Cinzia SeveriniInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council (IBBC-CNR), Via E. Ramarini, 32, Monterotondo Scalo, 00015 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6932-704X
Sebastiano CavallaroInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council (IRIB-CNR), Via Paolo Gaifami, 18, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7590-1792
Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation · ITNational Research Council · ITEuropean Brain Research Institute · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal apoptosis and survival are regulated at the transcriptional level. To identify key genes and upstream regulators primarily responsible for these processes, we overlayed the temporal transcriptome of cerebellar granule neurons following induction of apoptosis and their rescue by three different neurotrophic factors. We identified a core set of 175 genes showing opposite expression trends at the intersection of apoptosis and survival. Their functional annotations and expression signatures significantly correlated to neurological, psychiatric and oncological disorders. Transcription regulatory network analysis revealed the action of nine upstream transcription factors, converging pro-apoptosis and pro-survival-inducing signals in a highly interconnected functionally and temporally ordered manner. Five of these transcription factors are potential drug targets. Transcriptome-based computational drug repurposing produced a list of drug candidates that may revert the apoptotic core set signature. Besides elucidating early drivers of neuronal apoptosis and survival, our systems biology-based perspective paves the way to innovative pharmacology focused on upstream targets and regulatory networks.

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ApoptosisCell LineageTranscription, GeneticAnimalsCell SurvivalCluster AnalysisDrug RepositioningGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksMental DisordersMolecular Sequence AnnotationNervous System DiseasesNeuronsProtein Interaction MapsRatsTranscription Factorsapoptosisdiseasedrug repurposingdrug targetsfunctional enrichmentneurotrophic factorsregulatory networksurvivaltranscriptional analysis

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PMID34831459
PMCPMC8620386
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