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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2011

Fibronectins, their fibrillogenesis, and in vivo functions.

Jean E Schwarzbauer, Douglas W DeSimone

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 229 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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229citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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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

229 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Jean E SchwarzbauerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA. jschwarz@princeton.edu
Douglas W DeSimone

Funding

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MODULATION OF CELL PHENOTYPER01GM059383 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHWARZBAUER, JEAN E · 1999 to 2011
$3.8M
Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions in MorphogenesisR01GM094793 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI DESIMONE, DOUGLAS W. · 2010 to 2017
$3.3M
FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF FIBRONECTIN SUBUNIT HETEROGENEITYR01CA044627 · NCI · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHWARZBAUER, JEAN E · 1987 to 2009
$3.2M
CELL-MATRIX INTERACTIONS IN AMPHIBIAN DEVELOPMENTR01HD026402 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI DESIMONE, DOUGLAS W. · 1990 to 2009
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS CA44627NCI NIH HHS R01 CA044627NICHD NIH HHS HD26402NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD026402NIGMS NIH HHS GM094793NIGMS NIH HHS GM59383NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059383NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM094793
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibronectin (FN) is a multidomain protein with the ability to bind simultaneously to cell surface receptors, collagen, proteoglycans, and other FN molecules. Many of these domains and interactions are also involved in the assembly of FN dimers into a multimeric fibrillar matrix. When, where, and how FN binds to its various partners must be controlled and coordinated during fibrillogenesis. Steps in the process of FN fibrillogenesis including FN self-association, receptor activities, and intracellular pathways have been under intense investigation for years. In this review, the domain organization of FN including the extra domains and variable region that are controlled by alternative splicing are described. We discuss how FN-FN and cell-FN interactions play essential roles in the initiation and progression of matrix assembly using complementary results from cell culture and embryonic model systems that have enhanced our understanding of this process.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalAlternative SplicingEmbryo, MammalianExtracellular MatrixFibronectinsProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein IsoformsProtein StabilityProtein Structure, TertiarySolubilityFibronectinsProtein Isoforms

Identifiers

PMID21576254
PMCPMC3119908

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