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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2024

Epigenetics in rare neurological diseases.

Chris-Tiann Roberts, Khatereh Saei Arezoumand, Ashraf Kadar Shahib, James R Davie, Mojgan Rastegar

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chris-Tiann RobertsDepartment of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Khatereh Saei ArezoumandDepartment of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Ashraf Kadar ShahibDepartment of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
James R DavieDepartment of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Mojgan RastegarDepartment of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rare neurological diseases include a vast group of heterogenous syndromes with primary impairment(s) in the peripheral and/or central nervous systems. Such rare disorders may have overlapping phenotypes, despite their distinct genetic etiology. One unique aspect of rare neurological diseases is their potential common association with altered epigenetic mechanisms. Epigenetic mechanisms include regulatory processes that control gene expression and cellular phenotype without changing the composition of the corresponding DNA sequences. Epigenetic factors include three types of proteins, the "readers, writers, and erasers" of DNA and DNA-bound proteins. Thus, epigenetic impairments of many neurological diseases may contribute to their pathology and manifested phenotypes. Here, we aim to provide a comprehensive review on the general etiology of selected rare neurological diseases, that include Rett Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, Huntington's disease, and Angelman syndrome, with respect to their associated aberrant epigenetic mechanisms.

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Angelman SyndromeDNA methylationepigeneticshistone modificationsMeCP2Prader-Willi Syndromerare neurological diseasesRett Syndrome

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PMID39108836
PMCPMC11300358

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