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ReviewTranslational psychiatry2021

Transcription factor 4 and its association with psychiatric disorders.

José R Teixeira, Ryan A Szeto, Vinicius M A Carvalho, Alysson R Muotri, Fabio Papes

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Review in Translational psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 78 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

José R TeixeiraDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3704-7649
Ryan A SzetoDepartment of Pediatrics/Rady Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0213-4443
Vinicius M A CarvalhoDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Alysson R MuotriDepartment of Pediatrics/Rady Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. muotri@ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0867-2875
Fabio PapesDepartment of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. papesf@unicamp.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5034-4088
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo Research Foundation) # 2018/03613-7Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo Research Foundation) # 2020/11451-7
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human transcription factor 4 gene (TCF4) encodes a helix-loop-helix transcription factor widely expressed throughout the body and during neural development. Mutations in TCF4 cause a devastating autism spectrum disorder known as Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, characterized by a range of aberrant phenotypes including severe intellectual disability, absence of speech, delayed cognitive and motor development, and dysmorphic features. Moreover, polymorphisms in TCF4 have been associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric and neurological conditions. Details about how TCF4 genetic variants are linked to these diseases and the role of TCF4 during neural development are only now beginning to emerge. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the functions of TCF4 and its protein products at both the cellular and organismic levels, as well as a description of pathophysiological mechanisms associated with this gene.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderIntellectual DisabilityBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsFaciesHumansHyperventilationTranscription Factor 4Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsTCF4 protein, humanTranscription Factor 4

Identifiers

PMID33414364
PMCPMC7791034
OpenAlexW3119364326

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