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ReviewLipids2010

The complex and important cellular and metabolic functions of saturated fatty acids.

Philippe Legrand, Vincent Rioux

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In one paragraph

Review in Lipids, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Saturated fat in an evolutionary context.Lipids in health and disease · 2025
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  17. Parasitic nematode secreted phospholipase AFrontiers in immunology · 2023
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  19. Local problems need global solutions: The metabolic needs of regenerating organisms.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society · 2022
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Philippe LegrandLaboratoire de Biochimie-Nutrition Humaine, Agrocampus Rennes, INRA USC 2012, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS 84215, Rennes Cedex, France. philippe.legrand@agrocampus-ouest.fr
Vincent Rioux
Institut Agro Rennes-Angers · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review summarizes recent findings on the metabolism and biological functions of saturated fatty acids (SFA). Some of these findings show that SFA may have important and specific roles in the cells. Elucidated biochemical mechanisms like protein acylation (N-myristoylation, S-palmitoylation) and regulation of gene transcription are presented. In terms of physiology, SFA are involved for instance in lipogenesis, fat deposition, polyunsaturated fatty acids bioavailability and apoptosis. The variety of their functions demonstrates that SFA should no longer be considered as a single group.

Indexed as

AnimalsCellsFatty AcidsHumansProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalTranscription, GeneticFatty Acids

Identifiers

PMID20625935
PMCPMC2974191
OpenAlexW2037721135

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Registered trials

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