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ReviewCell metabolism2012

FAT SIGNALS--lipases and lipolysis in lipid metabolism and signaling.

Rudolf Zechner, Robert Zimmermann, Thomas O Eichmann, Sepp D Kohlwein, Guenter Haemmerle, Achim Lass, Frank Madeo

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Review in Cell metabolism, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 576 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
576citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
42.4field-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

576 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,089 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rudolf ZechnerInstitute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Austria. rudolf.zechner@uni-graz.at
Robert Zimmermann
Thomas O Eichmann
Sepp D Kohlwein
Guenter Haemmerle
Achim Lass
Frank Madeo
University of Graz · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF F 3001Austrian Science Fund FWF F 3002Austrian Science Fund FWF P 20602Austrian Science Fund FWF P 23490Austrian Science Fund FWF Z 136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipolysis is defined as the catabolism of triacylglycerols stored in cellular lipid droplets. Recent discoveries of essential lipolytic enzymes and characterization of numerous regulatory proteins and mechanisms have fundamentally changed our perception of lipolysis and its impact on cellular metabolism. New findings that lipolytic products and intermediates participate in cellular signaling processes and that "lipolytic signaling" is particularly important in many nonadipose tissues unveil a previously underappreciated aspect of lipolysis, which may be relevant for human disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansLipaseLipid MetabolismLipolysisSignal TransductionLipase

Identifiers

PMID22405066
PMCPMC3314979
OpenAlexW2112520822

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