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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2011

Adhesion molecule signalling: not always a sticky business.

Ugo Cavallaro, Elisabetta Dejana

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
138citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.8field-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

138 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 271 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Engineering Heterogeneous Tumor Models for Biomedical Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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78 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Ugo CavallaroCell Adhesion and Signalling, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM), Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy. ugo.cavallaro@ifom-ieo-campus.it
Elisabetta Dejana
FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology · IT

Funding

Telethon GGP04078
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The signalling activity of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) such as cadherins, immunoglobulin-like CAMs or integrins has long been considered to be a direct consequence of their adhesive properties. However, there are physiological and pathological processes that reduce or even abrogate the adhesive properties of CAMs, such as cleavage, conformational changes, mutations and shedding. In some cases these 'adhesion deficient' CAMs still retain signalling properties through their cytoplasmic domains and/or their mutated or truncated extracellular domains. The ability of CAMs to activate signal transduction cascades in the absence of cell adhesion significantly extends their range of biological activities.

Indexed as

AnimalsCadherinsCell AdhesionCell Adhesion MoleculesCell NucleusCytoskeletonHumansModels, BiologicalReceptors, Growth FactorSignal TransductionCadherinsCell Adhesion MoleculesReceptors, Growth Factor

Identifiers

PMID21346732
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