Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23403721›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2013

Exploring mechanisms of FGF signalling through the lens of structural biology.

Regina Goetz, Moosa Mohammadi

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 327 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
327citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
22.6field-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

327 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 552 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Towards biomarker-driven therapies for urothelial carcinoma.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026
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267 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.

Regina GoetzDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. Regina.Goetz@nyumc.org
Moosa Mohammadi
New York University · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF FGF RECEPTOR REGULATION AND SIGNALINGR01DE013686 · NIDCR · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MOHAMMADI, MOOSA · 2000 to 2020
$12.3M
NIDCR NIH HHS DE13686NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE013686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) mediate a broad range of functions in both the developing and adult organism. The accumulated wealth of structural information on the FGF signalling pathway has begun to unveil the underlying molecular mechanisms that modulate this system to generate a myriad of distinct biological outputs in development, tissue homeostasis and metabolism. At the ligand and receptor level, these mechanisms include alternative splicing of the ligand (FGF8 subfamily) and the receptor (FGFR1-FGFR3), ligand homodimerization (FGF9 subfamily), site-specific proteolytic cleavage of the ligand (FGF23), and interaction of the ligand and the receptor with heparan sulphate cofactor and Klotho co-receptor.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAlternative SplicingFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth Factor 8Fibroblast Growth Factor 9Fibroblast Growth FactorsGlucuronidaseHeparan SulfateKlotho ProteinsReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3Receptors, Fibroblast Growth FactorFGF23 protein, humanFGF8 protein, humanFGF9 protein, humanFGFR1 protein, humanFGFR2 protein, humanFGFR3 protein, humanFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth Factor 8Fibroblast Growth Factor 9Fibroblast Growth FactorsGlucuronidaseHeparan SulfateKlotho ProteinsReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor

Identifiers

PMID23403721
PMCPMC3695728
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