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ReviewRNA biology2021

miRNA: local guardians of presynaptic function in plasticity and disease.

Brandon J Woods, David Van Vactor

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Review in RNA biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The "cutting edge" of non-canonical RNA splicing.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026
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  8. [Sequencing Analysis of miRNAs in Brain-Derived Exosomes of Adolescent Mice With Depression-Like Behaviors].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 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.

Brandon J WoodsDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
David Van VactorDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8156-9482
Harvard University · US

Funding

Regulation of sleep by microRNAsP01NS090994 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI GRIFFITH, LESLIE C · 2016 to 2020
$5.7M
miRNA Control of Synaptic Stability and Structural PlasticityF99NS115341 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI WOODS, BRANDON · 2019 to 2021
$96k
NINDS NIH HHS F99 NS115341NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS090994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental fitness is an essential component of animal survival. Fitness is achieved through responsive physiological plasticity of tissues across the entire body, and particularly in the nervous system. At the molecular level, neural plasticity is mediated via gene-environmental interactions whereby developmental cues and experience dependent input adapt neuronal function to ever changing demands. To this end, neuronal gene regulation must be coupled to changes in neural activity. Seminal discoveries of the 20th century demonstrated neural activity modifies gene expression through calcium-dependent gene transcription. Building on this model, recent work over the last two decades shows that mRNA products of transcriptional programming continue to be regulated in the neuron through the activity-dependent post-transcriptional action of microRNAs (miRNAs). miRNAs are special post-transcriptional regulators that can tune gene expression within the spatial and temporal requirements of synaptic compartments. This mode of gene regulation has proven to be essential for synaptic function and plasticity as miRNA loss of function is highly associated with neural disease. In this review we will discuss current perspective on the link between presynaptic plasticity and miRNA biogenesis in the neuron.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsCalciumCalcium SignalingGene-Environment InteractionGene Expression RegulationGenetic FitnessHumansMicroRNAsNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsRNA, MessengerStress, PhysiologicalSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionCalciumMicroRNAsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID33586621
PMCPMC8216186
OpenAlexW3129808452

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