PubMed / PMC

NCBI’s biomedical literature database. 36M+ citations. PMC provides full-text open access articles.

What It Does

Search biomedical literature (abstracts and full text)
MeSH term-based precision search
Citation tracking and related articles
PMC: full-text open access papers
E-utilities API for programmatic access

How to Use

Web

PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Search: “STRC hearing loss” or “stereocilin gene therapy”

API (E-utilities)

# Search
curl "https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?db=pubmed&term=STRC+hearing+loss&retmax=20&retmode=json"
 
# Fetch abstract
curl "https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi?db=pubmed&id=PMID&retmode=xml"

Python (Biopython)

from Bio import Entrez, Medline
Entrez.email = "your@email.com"
handle = Entrez.esearch(db="pubmed", term="STRC gene therapy", retmax=20)
results = Entrez.read(handle)
print(f"Results: {results['Count']}")

Verified Status

VERIFIED — 40 papers for ‘STRC stereocilin’ in PubMed (121 for ‘STRC hearing loss’). Key papers: Iranfar 2026 (dual AAV), Verpy 2001 (discovery), Vona 2015 (deletions). Recent PMIDs: 41884524, 41562875, 41508981.

STRC Research Usage

All source notes in Brain reference PubMed papers
40 papers for ‘STRC stereocilin’, 121 for ‘STRC hearing loss’
Key for E1659A: Iranfar 2026 (STRC dual AAV in mice), Verpy 2001 (STRC discovery), Vona 2015 (STRC deletions)
STRC Gene Therapy Landscape 2026 — literature monitoring

Next Steps

Set up PubMed email alerts for “STRC” OR “stereocilin” — should be done
Citation network mapping — identify key research clusters
Pre-print monitoring — bioRxiv/medRxiv for STRC pre-prints

Connections

ClinicalTrials.gov [see-also] — trial publications
STRC Gene Therapy Landscape 2026 [used-in]
OMIM [see-also] — curated literature

STRC Research

Explorer

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