Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21483452›Full record

ArticleCell research2011

Molecular mechanism of size control in development and human diseases.

Xiaolong Yang, Tian Xu

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Article in Cell research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 71 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiaolong YangDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, 88 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6. yang@cliff.path.queensu.ca
Tian Xu
Queen's University · CAYale University · US

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchHoward Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How multicellular organisms control their size is a fundamental question that fascinated generations of biologists. In the past 10 years, tremendous progress has been made toward our understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying size control. Original studies from Drosophila showed that in addition to extrinsic nutritional and hormonal cues, intrinsic mechanisms also play important roles in the control of organ size during development. Several novel signaling pathways such as insulin and Hippo-LATS signaling pathways have been identified that control organ size by regulating cell size and/or cell number through modulation of cell growth, cell division, and cell death. Later studies using mammalian cell and mouse models also demonstrated that the signaling pathways identified in flies are also conserved in mammals. Significantly, recent studies showed that dysregulation of size control plays important roles in the development of many human diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and hypertrophy.

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DiseaseEmbryonic DevelopmentAnimalsCell CountCell DivisionDrosophila melanogasterHumansMiceOrgan SizeSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID21483452
PMCPMC3203678
OpenAlexW2116660526

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