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Multifaceted roles of microRNAs: From motor neuron generation in embryos to degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy.

Tai-Heng Chen, Jun-An Chen

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Review in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Application of Biomarkers in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. In Search of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Disease Modifiers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. LncRNAiScience · 2024
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  18. Transcription ofJournal of developmental biology · 2023
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tai-Heng ChenPhD Program in Translational Medicine, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Academia Sinica, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-7713-3627
Jun-An ChenPhD Program in Translational Medicine, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Academia Sinica, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9870-3203
Kaohsiung Medical University · TW

Funding

Academia Sinica CDA-107-L05Kaohsiung Medical University KMUH104-4M52Kaohsiung Medical University KMUH105-5M49Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 106-2314-B-037-086Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 108-2311-B-001-011National Health Research Institutes NHRI-EX108-10831NI
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two crucial questions in neuroscience are how neurons establish individual identity in the developing nervous system and why only specific neuron subtypes are vulnerable to neurodegenerative diseases. In the central nervous system, spinal motor neurons serve as one of the best-characterized cell types for addressing these two questions. In this review, we dissect these questions by evaluating the emerging role of regulatory microRNAs in motor neuron generation in developing embryos and their potential contributions to neurodegenerative diseases such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Given recent promising results from novel microRNA-based medicines, we discuss the potential applications of microRNAs for clinical assessments of SMA disease progression and treatment.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsCentral Nervous SystemHumansMicroRNAsMotor NeuronsMuscular Atrophy, SpinalMicroRNAsdevelopmental biologyDevelopmental BiologyHuman Biology and MedicineNeuroscienceStem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Identifiers

PMID31738166
PMCPMC6861003
OpenAlexW2983258413

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