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The Genetics of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Related mTORopathies: Current Understanding and Future Directions.

Alice Man, Matteo Di Scipio, Shan Grewal, Yujin Suk, Elisabetta Trinari, Resham Ejaz, Robyn Whitney

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. A child with tuberous sclerosis having Novel NRAS gene mutation.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025
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  14. Morphometric and radiomics analysis toward the prediction of epilepsy associated with supratentorial low-grade glioma in children.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2025
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  19. Neuroendocrine Tumors: Germline Genetics and Hereditary Syndromes.Current treatment options in oncology · 2025
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alice ManMichael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Matteo Di ScipioMichael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6280-3739
Shan GrewalMichael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Yujin SukMichael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3966-3771
Elisabetta TrinariDivision of Developmental Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5859-652X
Resham EjazDivision of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Robyn WhitneyDivision of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6851-0646
McMaster University · CAMcMaster Children's Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway serves as a master regulator of cell growth, proliferation, and survival. Upregulation of the mTOR pathway has been shown to cause malformations of cortical development, medically refractory epilepsies, and neurodevelopmental disorders, collectively described as mTORopathies. Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) serves as the prototypical mTORopathy. Characterized by the development of benign tumors in multiple organs, pathogenic variants in

Indexed as

Tuberous SclerosisGenetic TestingHumansMutationTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 ProteinTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Proteinfocal cortical dysplasiagenetic epilepsiesgenetic testingmalformations of cortical developmentmosaicismmTORopathiesprecision medicinetuberous sclerosis complex

Identifiers

PMID38540392
PMCPMC10970281
OpenAlexW4392376509

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Registered trials

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