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Functional architecture of Weibel-Palade bodies.

Karine M Valentijn, J Evan Sadler, Jack A Valentijn, Jan Voorberg, Jeroen Eikenboom

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Review in Blood, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
128citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 259 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Karine M ValentijnDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Section Electron Microscopy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
J Evan Sadler
Jack A Valentijn
Jan Voorberg
Jeroen Eikenboom
Leiden University Medical Center · NLUniversity of Amsterdam · NLWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR MULTIMER ASSEMBLY AND STRUCTURER01HL072917 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SADLER, J EVAN · 2003 to 2012
$4.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL72917NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL072917
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs) are elongated secretory organelles specific to endothelial cells that contain von Willebrand factor (VWF) and a variety of other proteins that contribute to inflammation, angiogenesis, and tissue repair. The remarkable architecture of WPBs is because of the unique properties of their major constituent VWF. VWF is stored inside WPBs as tubules, but on its release, forms strikingly long strings that arrest bleeding by recruiting blood platelets to sites of vascular injury. In recent years considerable progress has been made regarding the molecular events that underlie the packaging of VWF multimers into tubules and the processes leading to the formation of elongated WPBs. Mechanisms directing the conversion of tightly packaged VWF tubules into VWF strings on the surface of endothelial cells are starting to be unraveled. Several modes of exocytosis have now been described for WPBs, emphasizing the plasticity of these organelles. WPB exocytosis plays a role in the pathophysiology and treatment of von Willebrand disease and may have impact on common hematologic and cardiovascular disorders. This review summarizes the major advances made on the biogenesis and exocytosis of WPBs and places these recent discoveries in the context of von Willebrand disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsEndothelial CellsExocytosisHumansvon Willebrand Diseasesvon Willebrand FactorWeibel-Palade Bodiesvon Willebrand Factor

Identifiers

PMID21266719
PMCPMC3109530
OpenAlexW2011334787

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