Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16314868›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2005

Semaphorins command cells to move.

Robert P Kruger, Jennifer Aurandt, Kun-Liang Guan

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 241 papers.

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241citing 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

241 citing papers in PubMed, 483 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Pan-Cancer Analysis of the Prognostic and Immunological Role of SEMA7A.International journal of general medicine · 2024
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181 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert P KrugerNeuroscience Program and Institute of Gerontology, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Jennifer Aurandt
Kun-Liang Guan
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USWashtenaw Community College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Semaphorins are secreted or transmembrane proteins that regulate cell motility and attachment in axon guidance, vascular growth, immune cell regulation and tumour progression. The main receptors for semaphorins are plexins, which have established roles in regulating Rho-family GTPases. Recent work shows that plexins can also influence R-Ras, which, in turn, can regulate integrins. Such regulation is probably a common feature of semaphorin signalling and contributes substantially to our understanding of semaphorin biology.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsCell Adhesion MoleculesCell MovementGTP PhosphohydrolasesHumansImmunity, CellularIntegrinsNerve Tissue Proteinsras Proteinsrho GTP-Binding ProteinsSemaphorinsSignal TransductionCell Adhesion MoleculesGTP PhosphohydrolasesIntegrinsNerve Tissue Proteinsplexinras Proteinsrho GTP-Binding ProteinsRRAS protein, humanSemaphorins

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PMID16314868
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