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ReviewThe EMBO journal2002

Role of integrins in regulating epidermal adhesion, growth and differentiation.

Fiona M Watt

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Review in The EMBO journal, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 251 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
251citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
36.6field-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

251 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 631 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Structure, function and usage of integrin alpha 6 (CD49f): A comprehensive review.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2026
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  13. Inactivation of Focal Adhesion Kinase FAK Rapidly Abrogates Keratinocyte Entry in Mitosis via Rho-Associated Kinase, Resulting in Squamous Differentiation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  14. Integrin-Piezo1 Axis Drives ECM Remodeling and Invasion of 3D Breast Epithelium.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  16. Deletion of p63 exon 13 in mice reveals C-terminal isoform-specific functions in epithelial development.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  18. Transcriptomic Differences Between Immortalized Oral and Skin Keratinocytes.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  19. The role and regulation of integrins in cell migration and invasion.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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  20. Keratinocyte Integrin α3β1 Promotes Efficient Healing of Wound Epidermis.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2025
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191 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fiona M WattCancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK. fiona.watt@cancer.org.uk
Cancer Research UK · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian epidermis is renewed throughout life by proliferation of a multipotential stem cell population and terminal differentiation of stem cell progeny. In recent years, extracellular matrix receptors of the integrin family have been identified as important regulators of epidermal homeostasis, influencing the balance between stem cell renewal and differentiation. Integrin expression is altered when the epidermis is damaged or diseased, and there is good evidence that specific integrins can contribute positively or negatively to pathogenesis. In this review I summarize what is known about the expression and function of epidermal integrins, and highlight the challenges for future research.

Indexed as

Epidermal CellsAnimalsApoptosisCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell AdhesionCell DifferentiationDermatitisEpidermisExtracellular MatrixGene Expression RegulationHumansHyperplasiaIntegrinsMammalsMiceNeoplasm ProteinsIntegrinsNeoplasm Proteins

Identifiers

PMID12145193
PMCPMC126145
OpenAlexW1674001762

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Registered trials

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