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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Modifiers in

Mark W Kankel, Anindya Sen, Lei Lu, Marina Theodorou, Douglas N Dimlich, Alexander McCampbell, Christopher E Henderson, Neil A Shneider, Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas

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Article in Genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Emerging Therapies and Novel Targets for TDP-43 Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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  20. BMP/TGF-β signaling as a modulator of neurodegeneration in ALS.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mark W KankelNeuromuscular and Movement Disorders Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
Anindya SenNeuromuscular and Movement Disorders Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
Lei LuDepartment of Neurology, Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University, New York 10032.
Marina TheodorouDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Douglas N DimlichDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Alexander McCampbellNeuromuscular and Movement Disorders Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
Christopher E HendersonNeuromuscular and Movement Disorders Research Unit, Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
Neil A ShneiderDepartment of Neurology, Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University, New York 10032.
Spyros Artavanis-TsakonasDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 artavanis@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9112-1518
Biogen (United States) · USHarvard University · USColumbia University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder lacking effective treatments. ALS pathology is linked to mutations in >20 different genes indicating a complex underlying genetic architecture that is effectively unknown. Here, in an attempt to identify genes and pathways for potential therapeutic intervention and explore the genetic circuitry underlying

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Genes, ModifierAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterHumansMutationPhospholipase DRNA-Binding Protein FUSTransgenesDNA-Binding ProteinsFUS protein, humanPhospholipase DRNA-Binding Protein FUSTARDBP protein, humanAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)C9ORF72FUSphospholipase D (PLD)TDP43

Identifiers

PMID32345615
PMCPMC7337071
OpenAlexW3019642293

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