Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20965421›Full record

ReviewMolecular cell2010

Membranes in balance: mechanisms of sphingolipid homeostasis.

David K Breslow, Jonathan S Weissman

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Review in Molecular cell, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
143citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

143 citing papers in PubMed, 277 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.

David K BreslowDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, 1700 4(th) Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Jonathan S Weissman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Yeast ExpressionP50GM073210 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STROUD, ROBERT M · 2004 to 2013
$21.5M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM073210NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM073210-06
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sphingolipids and their metabolites play key cellular roles both as structural components of membranes and as signaling molecules that mediate responses to physiologic cues and stresses. Despite progress during the last two decades in defining the enzymatic machinery responsible for synthesizing and degrading sphingolipids, comparatively little is known about how these enzymes are regulated to ensure sphingolipid homeostasis. Here, we review new insights into how cells sense and control sphingolipid biosynthesis and transport. We also discuss emerging evidence that sphingolipid metabolism is closely coordinated with that of sterols and glycerolipids and with other processes that occur in the secretory pathway. An improved understanding of sphingolipid homeostasis promises to shed light on basic processes in cell biology and disease, including how cells establish and maintain the complex membrane composition and architecture that is a defining feature of eukaryotic cell biology.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological TransportCell MembraneGlycerophospholipidsHomeostasisHumansModels, BiologicalSignal TransductionSphingolipidsSterolsGlycerophospholipidsSphingolipidsSterols

Identifiers

PMID20965421
PMCPMC2987644
OpenAlexW2049619195

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