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ReviewOrganogenesis

The importance of a single primary cilium.

Moe R Mahjoub

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Review in Organogenesis. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The roles of centrosome amplification in diabetes-associated diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  2. The Role of the Hedgehog Pathway in Alcohol-Induced Birth Defects.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  5. Scanning electron microscopy of human islet cilia.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  9. Roles for ELMOD2 and Rootletin in ciliogenesis.Molecular biology of the cell · 2021
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  11. Fibrocystic liver disease: novel concepts and translational perspectives.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2021
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  19. The Janus soul of centrosomes: a paradoxical role in disease?Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2016
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Moe R MahjoubDepartment of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA. mmahjoub@dom.wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Kidney Disease ResearchP30DK079333 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HAMMERMAN, MARC RANDALL · 2007 to 2011
$5.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The centrosome is the main microtubule-organizing center in animal cells, and helps to influence the morphology of the microtubule cytoskeleton in interphase and mitosis. The centrosome also templates the assembly of the primary cilium, and together they serve as a nexus of cell signaling that provide cells with diverse organization, motility, and sensory functions. The majority of cells in the human body contain a solitary centrosome and cilium, and cells have evolved regulatory mechanisms to precisely control the numbers of these essential organelles. Defects in the structure and function of cilia lead to a variety of complex disease phenotypes termed ciliopathies, while dysregulation of centrosome number has long been proposed to induce genome instability and tumor formation. Here, we review recent findings that link centrosome amplification to changes in cilium number and signaling capacity, and discuss how supernumerary centrosomes may be an important aspect of a set of cilia-related disease phenotypes.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticCentrosomeCiliaHumansNeoplasmscancercentriolecentrosomeciliopathycilium

Identifiers

PMID23819944
PMCPMC3812286
OpenAlexW2130775674

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