ArticlePloS one2014
Dictyostelium cells migrate similarly on surfaces of varying chemical composition.
Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Differential PaxillinB dynamics at Dictyostelium cell-substrate adhesions.Biology open · 2025Article
- Reduced cell-substrate adhesion formation promotes cell migration inMolecular biology of the cell · 2025Article
- Reduced cell-substrate adhesion formation promotes cell migration inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Cellular inertia.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The WAVE Regulatory Complex Is Required to Balance Protrusion and Adhesion in Migration.Cells · 2020Article
- Article
- Replication of biocompatible, nanotopographic surfaces.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Shear force-based genetic screen reveals negative regulators of cell adhesion and protrusive activity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Self-organization of chemoattractant waves in Dictyostelium depends on F-actin and cell-substrate adhesion.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2016Article
- Interplay between motility and cell-substratum adhesion in amoeboid cells.Biomicrofluidics · 2015Article
- The interplay of cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion in collective cell migration.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2014Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
During cell migration, cell-substrate binding is required for pseudopod anchoring to move the cell forward, yet the interactions with the substrate must be sufficiently weak to allow parts of the cell to de-adhere in a controlled manner during typical protrusion/retraction cycles. Mammalian cells actively control cell-substrate binding and respond to extracellular conditions with localized integrin-containing focal adhesions mediating mechanotransduction. We asked whether mechanotransduction also occurs during non-integrin mediated migration by examining the motion of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, which is thought to bind non-specifically to surfaces. We discovered that Dictyostelium cells are able to regulate forces generated by the actomyosin cortex to maintain optimal cell-surface contact area and adhesion on surfaces of various chemical composition and that individual cells migrate with similar speed and contact area on the different surfaces. In contrast, during collective migration, as observed in wound healing and metastasis, the balance between surface forces and protrusive forces is altered. We found that Dictyostelium collective migration dynamics are strongly affected when cells are plated on different surfaces. These results suggest that the presence of cell-cell contacts, which appear as Dictyostelium cells enter development, alter the mechanism cells use to migrate on surfaces of varying composition.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.