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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2023

Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms.

Nadia Stefanova, Gregor K Wenning

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Multiple system atrophy: cure and care.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  9. Comorbid pathologies and their impact on multiple system atrophy: current view.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  12. Cytotoxic T cell recognition of α-synuclein drives pathogenic immune responses in multiple system atrophy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nadia StefanovaDivision of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Nadia.Stefanova@i-med.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0001-8188-639X
Gregor K WenningDivision of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Innsbruck Medical University · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare oligodendroglial α-synucleinopathy characterized by neurodegeneration in striatonigral and olivopontocerebellar regions and autonomic brain centres. It causes complex cumulative motor and non-motor disability with fast progression and effective therapy is currently lacking. The difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of MSA are largely related to the incomplete understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease. The MSA pathogenic landscape is complex, and converging findings from genetic and neuropathological studies as well as studies in experimental models of MSA have indicated the involvement of genetic and epigenetic changes; α-synuclein misfolding, aggregation and spreading; and α-synuclein strain specificity. These studies also indicate the involvement of myelin and iron dyshomeostasis, neuroinflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction and other cell-specific aspects that are relevant to the fast progression of MSA. In this Review, we discuss these findings and emphasize the implications of the complexity of the multifactorial pathogenic cascade for future translational research and its impact on biomarker discovery and treatment target definitions.

Indexed as

Multiple System Atrophyalpha-SynucleinBrainHumansMyelin SheathOligodendrogliaalpha-Synuclein

Identifiers

PMID37085728
OpenAlexW4366685788

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