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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Connexin Genes Variants Associated with Non-Syndromic Hearing Impairment: A Systematic Review of the Global Burden.

Samuel Mawuli Adadey, Edmond Wonkam-Tingang, Elvis Twumasi Aboagye, Daniel Wonder Nayo-Gyan, Maame Boatemaa Ansong, Osbourne Quaye, Gordon A Awandare, Ambroise Wonkam

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In one paragraph

Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Samuel Mawuli AdadeyWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 54, Legon, Accra GA184, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-1993-2786
Edmond Wonkam-TingangDivision of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Elvis Twumasi AboagyeDepartment of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 54, Legon Accra GA184, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-2994-3761
Daniel Wonder Nayo-GyanDepartment of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 24, Navrongo 00000, Upper East Region, Ghana.
Maame Boatemaa AnsongDepartment of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 54, Legon Accra GA184, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
Osbourne QuayeWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 54, Legon, Accra GA184, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-0621-876X
Gordon A AwandareWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 54, Legon, Accra GA184, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
Ambroise WonkamDivision of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1420-9051
University of Ghana · GHUniversity of Cape Town · ZAC.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences

Funding

Sickle Africa Data Coordinating CenterU24HL135600 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI MULDER, NICOLA, WONKAM, AMBROISE · 2017 to 2025
$8.6M
Hearing Impairment Genetics Studies in Africa (HI-GENES Africa)U01HG009716 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI WONKAM, AMBROISE · 2017 to 2021
$1.2M
NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG009716NHGRI NIH HHS U01-HG-009716NHLBI NIH HHS U24 HL135600Wellcome Trust 107755/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust H3A/18/001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in connexins are the most common causes of hearing impairment (HI) in many populations. Our aim was to review the global burden of pathogenic and likely pathogenic (PLP) variants in connexin genes associated with HI. We conducted a systematic review of the literature based on targeted inclusion/exclusion criteria of publications from 1997 to 2020. The databases used were PubMed, Scopus, Africa-Wide Information, and Web of Science. The protocol was registered on PROSPERO, the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews, with the registration number "CRD42020169697". The data extracted were analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS version 25 (IBM, Armonk, New York, United States). A total of 571 independent studies were retrieved and considered for data extraction with the majority of studies (47.8% (

Indexed as

connexingap junction proteingene variantGJB2systematic review

Identifiers

PMID33126609
PMCPMC7693846
OpenAlexW3097730980

What Socratic holds

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