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ReviewCells2023

Reversing Dysdynamism to Interrupt Mitochondrial Degeneration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Gerald W Dorn

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Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Transduction of Lentiviral Vectors andInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gerald W DornDepartment of Internal Medicine (Pharmacogenomics), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8995-1624
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

THE MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMISM/FITNESS/BIOGENESIS INTERACTOME IN CARDIAC DISEASER35HL135736 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DORN, GERALD W. · 2017 to 2023
$6.4M
Mitofusin agonists to prevent Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 2AR42NS115184 · NINDS · MITOCHONDRIA IN MOTION, INC. · PI DORN, GERALD W. · 2021 to 2022
$2.0M
Mitofusin Agonists to Treat Neurodegenerative DiseaseR42NS113642 · NINDS · MITOCHONDRIA IN MOTION, INC. · PI DORN, GERALD W., HAUGER, DEBORAH ANN · 2022 to 2023
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL135736NIH HHS R35 HL135736NIH HHS R42 NS113642NIH HHS R42 NS115184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is one of several chronic neurodegenerative conditions in which mitochondrial abnormalities are posited to contribute to disease progression. Therapeutic options targeting mitochondria include enhancing metabolism, suppressing reactive oxygen production and disrupting mitochondria-mediated programmed cell death pathways. Herein is reviewed mechanistic evidence supporting a meaningful pathophysiological role for the constellation of abnormal mitochondrial fusion, fission and transport, collectively designated mitochondrial dysdynamism, in ALS. Following this is a discussion on preclinical studies in ALS mice that seemingly validate the idea that normalizing mitochondrial dynamism can delay ALS by interrupting a vicious cycle of mitochondrial degeneration, leading to neuronal die-back and death. Finally, the relative benefits of suppressing mitochondrial fusion vs. enhancing mitochondrial fusion in ALS are speculated upon, and the paper concludes with the prediction that the two approaches could be additive or synergistic, although a side-by-side comparative trial may be challenging to perform.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisNeurodegenerative DiseasesAnimalsApoptosisDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMitochondriaMitochondrial Dynamicsmitochondrial fissionmitochondrial fusionmitochondrial transportmitophagy

Identifiers

PMID37190097
PMCPMC10136928
OpenAlexW4366596403

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