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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2010

Organizing the cell cortex: the role of ERM proteins.

Richard G Fehon, Andrea I McClatchey, Anthony Bretscher

Erratum issuedOpen access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 616 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
616citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
48.2field-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

616 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1,042 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. ERM Inhibition Confers Ferroptosis Resistance through ROS-Induced NRF2 Signaling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  20. SARS-CoV-2 S assembly into virions facilitated by host ERM proteins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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556 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Richard G FehonDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. rfehon@uchicago.edu
Andrea I McClatchey
Anthony Bretscher
Cornell University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

MICROFILAMENT ORGANIZATION AND REGULATIONR01GM036652 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI BRETSCHER, ANTHONY P. · 1986 to 2018
$8.7M
FUNCTIONS OF DMERLIN--A NF2 GENE HOMOLOGUER01NS034783 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Richard G Fehon · 1996 to 2026
$8.4M
Functional analysis of ERM proteins in epithelial morphogenesisR01GM087558 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI FEHON, RICHARD G, MCCLATCHEY, ANDREA I · 2010 to 2013
$1.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM036652NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM087558NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS034783
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Specialized membrane domains are an important feature of almost all cells. In particular, they are essential to tissues that have a highly organized cell cortex, such as the intestinal brush border epithelium. The ERM proteins (ezrin, radixin and moesin) have a crucial role in organizing membrane domains through their ability to interact with transmembrane proteins and the cytoskeleton. In doing so, they can provide structural links to strengthen the cell cortex and regulate the activities of signal transduction pathways. Recent studies examining the structure and in vivo functions of ERMs have greatly advanced our understanding of the importance of membrane-cytoskeleton interactions.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCytoskeletal ProteinsCytoskeletonEzrinHumansMembrane ProteinsMicrofilament ProteinsMicrovilliCytoskeletal ProteinsEzrinMembrane ProteinsMicrofilament Proteinsmoesinradixin

Identifiers

PMID20308985
PMCPMC2871950
OpenAlexW2042015318

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Registered trials

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