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ReviewJournal of neuromuscular diseases2023

Presynaptic Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes: Understanding Clinical Phenotypes through In vivo Models.

Alessia Pugliese, Stephen H Holland, Carmelo Rodolico, Hanns Lochmüller, Sally Spendiff

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Review in Journal of neuromuscular diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 5 countries.

Alessia PuglieseChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Stephen H HollandChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Carmelo RodolicoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Hanns LochmüllerChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Sally SpendiffChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
University of Messina · ITUniversity of Ottawa · CAChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Presynaptic congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are a group of genetic disorders affecting the presynaptic side of the neuromuscular junctions (NMJ). They can result from a dysfunction in acetylcholine (ACh) synthesis or recycling, in its packaging into synaptic vesicles, or its subsequent release into the synaptic cleft. Other proteins involved in presynaptic endplate development and maintenance can also be impaired.Presynaptic CMS usually presents during the prenatal or neonatal period, with a severe phenotype including congenital arthrogryposis, developmental delay, and apnoeic crisis. However, milder phenotypes with proximal muscle weakness and good response to treatment have been described. Finally, many presynaptic genes are expressed in the brain, justifying the presence of additional central nervous system symptoms.Several animal models have been developed to study CMS, providing the opportunity to identify disease mechanisms and test treatment options. In this review, we describe presynaptic CMS phenotypes with a focus on in vivo models, to better understand CMS pathophysiology and define new causative genes.

Indexed as

ArthrogryposisMyasthenic Syndromes, CongenitalAnimalsMuscle WeaknessNeuromuscular JunctionPhenotypeanimal modelsCongenital myasthenic syndromesgene mutationsneuromuscular junction

Identifiers

PMID37212067
PMCPMC10578258
OpenAlexW4377091470

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