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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2013

Signals from the lysosome: a control centre for cellular clearance and energy metabolism.

Carmine Settembre, Alessandro Fraldi, Diego L Medina, Andrea Ballabio

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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 872 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
872citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
61.3field-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

872 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1,648 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carmine SettembreTelethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Alessandro Fraldi
Diego L Medina
Andrea Ballabio
Telethon Institute Of Genetics And Medicine · IT

Funding

MODULATION OF CELLULAR CLEARANCE TO TREAT HUMAN DISEASER01NS078072 · NINDS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BALLABIO, ANDREA · 2012 to 2020
$3.1M
European Research Council 250154NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS078072NINDS NIH HHS R01‑NS078072Telethon TGM11CB6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For a long time, lysosomes were considered merely to be cellular 'incinerators' involved in the degradation and recycling of cellular waste. However, now there is compelling evidence indicating that lysosomes have a much broader function and that they are involved in fundamental processes such as secretion, plasma membrane repair, signalling and energy metabolism. Furthermore, the essential role of lysosomes in autophagic pathways puts these organelles at the crossroads of several cellular processes, with significant implications for health and disease. The identification of a master regulator, transcription factor EB (TFEB), that regulates lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy has revealed how the lysosome adapts to environmental cues, such as starvation, and targeting TFEB may provide a novel therapeutic strategy for modulating lysosomal function in human disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsEnergy MetabolismHumansLysosomesSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID23609508
PMCPMC4387238
OpenAlexW1970661950

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Registered trials

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