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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2008

Coordinated protein sorting, targeting and distribution in polarized cells.

Ira Mellman, W James Nelson

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 300 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
300citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.7field-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

300 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 515 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ira MellmanGenentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA. mellman.ira@gene.com
W James Nelson
Genesys (United States) · USStanford University · US

Funding

Topogenesis of NA/K-ATPASE in Polarized Epithelial CellsR37GM035527 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI NELSON, W. JAMES · 2003 to 2012
$7.4M
Topogenesis of Na/K-ATPase in Polarized MDCK Epithelial CellsR01GM035527 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI NELSON, W. JAMES · 1986 to 2015
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM35527NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM035527NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM035527
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The polarized distribution of functions in polarized cells requires the coordinated interaction of three machineries that modify the basic mechanisms of intracellular protein trafficking and distribution. First, intrinsic protein-sorting signals and cellular decoding machineries regulate protein trafficking to plasma membrane domains; second, intracellular signalling complexes define the plasma membrane domains to which proteins are delivered; and third, proteins that are involved in cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion orientate the three-dimensional distribution of intracellular signalling complexes and, accordingly, the direction of membrane traffic. The integration of these mechanisms into a complex and dynamic network is crucial for normal tissue function and is often defective in disease states.

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Cell PolarityProtein TransportAnimalsCell MembraneCytoskeletonHumansOrganogenesisPathologyProteinsProteins

Identifiers

PMID18946473
PMCPMC3369829
OpenAlexW2057733044

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