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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

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Anna Latiano, Francesca Tavano, Lucia Micale, Luigi Bisceglia, Tommaso Biagini, Giulia Mantini, Marco Gentile, Antonio Merla, Fabrizio Bossa, Giuseppe Biscaglia and 6 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Anna LatianoGastrointestinal Disorders Research Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Francesca TavanoGastrointestinal Disorders Research Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8831-7349
Lucia MicaleInborn Errors of Morphogenesis Research Unit, Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3604-194X
Luigi BiscegliaInborn Errors of Morphogenesis Research Unit, Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Tommaso BiaginiComputational Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4539-028X
Giulia MantiniComputational Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Marco GentileDivision of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Antonio MerlaDivision of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Fabrizio BossaDivision of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4518-9949
Giuseppe BiscagliaDivision of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3799-2547
Tiziana LatianoGastrointestinal Disorders Research Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Alessandra Pia BiscegliaGastrointestinal Disorders Research Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-2575-6499
Vito AnneseGastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0082-892X
Marco CastoriInborn Errors of Morphogenesis Research Unit, Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Tommaso MazzaComputational Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0434-8533
Orazio PalmieriGastrointestinal Disorders Research Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0019-7929

Funding

Ministry of Health Ricerca Corrente Program 2022-2024/2025-2027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder characterized by the selective degeneration of inhibitory myenteric neurons. Its genetic basis remains poorly defined. We investigated whether rare coding variants may contribute to disease susceptibility. Exome sequencing was performed in 31 individuals with idiopathic achalasia and seven unaffected relatives. Candidate variants were prioritized using phenotype-driven filtering and assessed through in silico and structural analysis of publicly available gene expression and single-cell transcriptomic datasets. No pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants were identified in achalasia-associated genes. A gene-agnostic analysis identified two rare heterozygous missense variants in unrelated patients:

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Esophageal AchalasiaMitochondriaNeuronsAdultATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular ActivitiesATP-Dependent ProteasesExome SequencingFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutation, MissenseAFG3L2 protein, humanATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular ActivitiesATP-Dependent Proteasesachalasiaexome sequencinginhibitory neuronsin silico analysismitochondrial dysfunctionrare variants

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PMID42589413
PMCPMC13466295

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