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ArticleNature communications2024

Tracing genetic diversity captures the molecular basis of misfolding disease.

Pei Zhao, Chao Wang, Shuhong Sun, Xi Wang, William E Balch

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pei Zhao *Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Chao Wang *Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA. chaowang@szbl.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3048-8559
Shuhong SunDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Xi WangDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA.
William E BalchDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA. webalch@scripps.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-8381
Scripps Institution of Oceanography · USScripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Tissue resident macrophages regulate proteostasis in the aging lungP01AG049665 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI NAVDEEP S CHANDEL · 2015 to 2026
$26.9M
Restoration of mutant CFTR stability and functionR01DK051870 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BALCH, WILLIAM EDWARD · 1996 to 2020
$8.7M
Modulation of Lung Disease by Genetic/Epigenetic ProfilingR01HL095524 · NHLBI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI William Edward Balch · 2010 to 2026
$7.5M
Genotype First: Actionable Genetic Risk through Genotype-to-Phenotype PredictionR01HG010881 · NHGRI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI TORKAMANI, ALI · 2020 to 2023
$3.1M
Using Genetic Diversity to Manage Neurological DiseaseR01AG070209 · NIA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI BALCH, WILLIAM EDWARD · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Managing Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) through Proteostasis Signaling PathwaysR01HL169631 · NHLBI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI William Edward Balch · 2024 to 2026
$2.6M
Managing the Folding Landscape in Alpha1 Liver-Lung DiseaseR01HL141810 · NHLBI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI BALCH, WILLIAM EDWARD · 2018 to 2021
$1.9M
Applying Spatial Covariance to Understand Human Variation in Genetic DiseaseR01HL166410 · NHLBI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI William Edward Balch · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG010881NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL095524NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141810NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL166410NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL169631NIA NIH HHS P01 AG049665NIA NIH HHS R01 AG070209NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK051870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic variation in human populations can result in the misfolding and aggregation of proteins, giving rise to systemic and neurodegenerative diseases that require management by proteostasis. Here, we define the role of GRP94, the endoplasmic reticulum Hsp90 chaperone paralog, in managing alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency on a residue-by-residue basis using Gaussian process regression-based machine learning to profile the spatial covariance relationships that dictate protein folding arising from sequence variants in the population. Covariance analysis suggests a role for the ATPase activity of GRP94 in controlling the N- to C-terminal cooperative folding of alpha-1-antitrypsin responsible for the correction of liver aggregation and lung-disease phenotypes of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. Gaussian process-based spatial covariance profiling provides a standard model built on covariant principles to evaluate the role of proteostasis components in guiding information flow from genome to proteome in response to genetic variation, potentially allowing us to intervene in the onset and progression of complex multi-system human diseases.

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alpha 1-Antitrypsin DeficiencyProtein FoldingGenetic VariationHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansMolecular ChaperonesProteostasisHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsMolecular Chaperones

Identifiers

PMID38637533
PMCPMC11026414
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