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ReviewFEBS letters2010

Hem-1: putting the "WAVE" into actin polymerization during an immune response.

Heon Park, Maia M Chan, Brian M Iritani

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Review in FEBS letters, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 41 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heon ParkDepartment of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7190, USA. heonp@uw.edu
Maia M Chan
Brian M Iritani
University of Washington · US

Funding

Investigation of Myc Oncoprotein in B lymphocyte Development and TransformationK26RR024462 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI IRITANI, BRIAN M · 2008 to 2011
$446k
Investigation of Myc Oncoprotein in B lymphocyte Development and TransformationK26OD011060 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI IRITANI, BRIAN M · 2012 to 2012
$115k
NCRR NIH HHS K26 RR024462NIH HHS K26 OD011060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most active processes by immune cells including adhesion, migration, and phagocytosis require the coordinated polymerization and depolymerization of filamentous actin (F-actin), which is an essential component of the actin cytoskeleton. This review focuses on a newly characterized hematopoietic cell-specific actin regulatory protein called hematopoietic protein-1 [Hem-1, also known as Nck-associated protein 1-like (Nckap1l or Nap1l)]. Hem-1 is a component of the "WAVE [WASP (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein)-family verprolin homologous protein]" complex, which signals downstream of activated Rac to stimulate F-actin polymerization in response to immuno-receptor signaling. Genetic studies in cell lines and in mice suggest that Hem-1 regulates F-actin polymerization in hematopoietic cells, and may be essential for most active processes dependent on reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in immune cells.

Indexed as

ActinsAnimalsBiopolymersCell AdhesionCell MovementCytoskeletonHumansMacrophagesMembrane ProteinsMiceNeutrophilsPhagocytosisrho GTP-Binding ProteinsActinsBiopolymersMembrane ProteinsNCKAP1L protein, humanrho GTP-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID20969869
PMCPMC3363972
OpenAlexW2030502296

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