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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2024

Spinocerebellar ataxias: from pathogenesis to recent therapeutic advances.

Zi-Ting Cui, Zong-Tao Mao, Rong Yang, Jia-Jia Li, Shan-Shan Jia, Jian-Li Zhao, Fang-Tian Zhong, Peng Yu, Ming Dong

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zi-Ting CuiDepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Zong-Tao MaoDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Rong YangDepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Jia-Jia LiDepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Shan-Shan JiaDepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Jian-Li ZhaoDepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Fang-Tian ZhongDepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Peng YuDepartment of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Ming DongDepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinocerebellar ataxia is a phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous group of autosomal dominant-inherited degenerative disorders. The gene mutation spectrum includes dynamic expansions, point mutations, duplications, insertions, and deletions of varying lengths. Dynamic expansion is the most common form of mutation. Mutations often result in indistinguishable clinical phenotypes, thus requiring validation using multiple genetic testing techniques. Depending on the type of mutation, the pathogenesis may involve proteotoxicity, RNA toxicity, or protein loss-of-function. All of which may disrupt a range of cellular processes, such as impaired protein quality control pathways, ion channel dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction, transcriptional dysregulation, DNA damage, loss of nuclear integrity, and ultimately, impairment of neuronal function and integrity which causes diseases. Many disease-modifying therapies, such as gene editing technology, RNA interference, antisense oligonucleotides, stem cell technology, and pharmacological therapies are currently under clinical trials. However, the development of curative approaches for genetic diseases remains a global challenge, beset by technical, ethical, and other challenges. Therefore, the study of the pathogenesis of spinocerebellar ataxia is of great importance for the sustained development of disease-modifying molecular therapies.

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disease-modifying molecular therapiesgene therapyneurodegenerative disorderspolyQ diseasesRNA interferencespinocerebellar ataxias

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PMID38894941
PMCPMC11185097

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