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ReviewLaboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology2007

Diversity in cell surface sialic acid presentations: implications for biology and disease.

Nissi M Varki, Ajit Varki

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Review in Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 232 papers.

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232citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

232 citing papers in PubMed, 513 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nissi M VarkiDepartment of Pathology, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA. VARKIADMIN@UCSD.EDU
Ajit Varki
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sialic acids (Sias) are typically found as terminal monosaccharides attached to cell surface glycoconjugates. They play many important roles in many physiological and pathological processes, including microbe binding that leads to infections, regulation of the immune response, the progression and spread of human malignancies and in certain aspects of human evolution. This review will provide some examples of these diverse roles of Sias and briefly address immunohistochemical approaches to their detection.

Indexed as

AnimalsGangliosidesHumansImmunohistochemistryLectinsNeoplasmsOrgan SpecificitySialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsSialic AcidsGangliosidesLectinsSialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsSialic Acids

Identifiers

PMID17632542
PMCPMC7100186
OpenAlexW2068602210

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