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ReviewAnnual review of biophysics2008

PIP2 is a necessary cofactor for ion channel function: how and why?

Byung-Chang Suh, Bertil Hille

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Review in Annual review of biophysics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 420 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
420citing papers in PubMed
13.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

420 citing papers in PubMed, 648 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.

Byung-Chang SuhDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. bcs@u.washington.edu
Bertil Hille
University of Washington · US

Funding

MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF IONIC PERMEABILITY IN NERVER01NS008174 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HILLE, BERTIL · 1985 to 2012
$4.3M
Electric Studies of Excitation, Secretion & ContractionR01GM083913 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HILLE, BERTIL · 2008 to 2020
$4.3M
Molecular Properties of Ionic Permeability in NerveR37NS008174 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HILLE, BERTIL · 2013 to 2019
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM083913NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083913NINDS NIH HHS NS08174NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS008174NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS008174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) is a minority phospholipid of the inner leaflet of plasma membranes. Many plasma membrane ion channels and ion transporters require PIP2 to function and can be turned off by signaling pathways that deplete PIP2. This review discusses the dependence of ion channels on phosphoinositides and considers possible mechanisms by which PIP2 and analogues regulate ion channel activity.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalModels, ChemicalBinding SitesIon Channel GatingIon ChannelsModels, MolecularPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-DiphosphateProtein BindingProtein ConformationIon ChannelsPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate

Identifiers

PMID18573078
PMCPMC2692585
OpenAlexW2113755495

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