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ReviewAgeing research reviews2020

Using Sox2 to alleviate the hallmarks of age-related hearing loss.

Ebenezer N Yamoah, Mark Li, Anit Shah, Karen L Elliott, Kathy Cheah, Pin-Xian Xu, Stacia Phillips, Samuel M Young, Daniel F Eberl, Bernd Fritzsch

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In one paragraph

Review in Ageing research reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Presbycusis: Pathology, Signal Pathways, and Therapeutic Strategy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  6. TNFAIP8L2 maintains hair cell function and regulates age-related hearing loss via mTORC1 signaling.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  7. Sponge bHLH Gene Expression inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Modern In Vitro Techniques for Modeling Hearing Loss.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  16. A Deep-Learning Proteomic-Scale Approach for Drug Design.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ebenezer N YamoahDepartment of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Mark LiDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Anit ShahDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Karen L ElliottDepartment of Biology, CLAS, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Kathy CheahDepartment of Biochemistry, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China.
Pin-Xian XuDepartment of Biochemistry, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China.
Stacia PhillipsDepartment of Biochemistry, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China.
Samuel M YoungDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Daniel F EberlDepartment of Biology, CLAS, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.
Bernd FritzschDepartment of Biology, CLAS, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. Electronic address: bernd-fritzsch@uiowa.edu.
University of Iowa · USUniversity of Hong Kong · HKUniversity of Nevada, Reno · US

Funding

Structural Analyses CoreP01AG051443 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI YAMOAH, EBENEZER N · 2016 to 2025
$15.5M
Inner ear ion channels in healthy and diseased conditionsR01DC016099 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI EBENEZER N YAMOAH · 2017 to 2026
$4.7M
Regulation of Synaptic Vesicle Dynamics in the Auditory SystemR01DC014093 · NIDCD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI YOUNG, SAMUEL MATTHEW · 2015 to 2024
$3.7M
Mechanisms of Growth Factor Responsiveness in the Aging Auditory SystemR01AG060504 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI FRITZSCH, BERND, YAMOAH, EBENEZER N · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
Calcium-dependent functions in Hair Cells and Spiral Ganglion NeuronsR01DC015135 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI GRATTON, MICHAEL ANNE NMI, YAMOAH, EBENEZER N · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Regulation of hair cell functionsR01DC015252 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI YAMOAH, EBENEZER N · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
Development of Helper Dependent Adenoviral Vectors for Inner Ear Gene Therapy ApproachesR21DC018242 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI HANSEN, MARLAN R, YOUNG, SAMUEL MATTHEW · 2019 to 2020
$425k
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG051443NIA NIH HHS R01 AG060504NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014093NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC015135NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC015252NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016099NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC018242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is the most prevalent sensory deficit. ARHL reduces the quality of life of the growing population, setting seniors up for the enhanced mental decline. The size of the needy population, the structural deficit, and a likely research strategy for effective treatment of chronic neurosensory hearing in the elderly are needed. Although there has been profound advancement in auditory regenerative research, there remain multiple challenges to restore hearing loss. Thus, additional investigations are required, using novel tools. We propose how the (1) flat epithelium, remaining after the organ of Corti has deteriorated, can be converted to the repaired-sensory epithelium, using Sox2. This will include (2) developing an artificial gene regulatory network transmitted by (3) large viral vectors to the flat epithelium to stimulate remnants of the organ of Corti to restore hair cells. We hope to unite with our proposal toward the common goal, eventually restoring a functional human hearing organ by transforming the flat epithelial cells left after the organ of Corti loss.

Indexed as

Quality of LifeAgedAgingCochleaHair Cells, AuditoryHearing LossHumansPresbycusisSOXB1 Transcription FactorsSOX2 protein, humanSOXB1 Transcription FactorsAge-related hearing lossArtificial gene regulatory networksCochleaHair cell developmentHair cell restorationThe organ of CortiViral vectors

Identifiers

PMID32173536
PMCPMC7261488
OpenAlexW3011072126

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