Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24606135›Full record

ReviewAnnual review of biochemistry2014

Demystifying heparan sulfate-protein interactions.

Ding Xu, Jeffrey D Esko

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Review in Annual review of biochemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 449 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
449citing papers in PubMed
27.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

449 citing papers in PubMed, 798 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ding XuDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; email: dxu@ucsd.edu , jesko@ucsd.edu.
Jeffrey D Esko
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Siglec Modulation of Inflammatory ResponsesP01HL107150 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LE, DZUNG T · 2011 to 2017
$18.0M
Structure and Function of 3-O-sulfation in Heparan SulfateR01GM093131 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ESKO, JEFFREY D · 2010 to 2013
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL107150NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107150NIGMS NIH HHS GM093131NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM093131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous proteins, including cytokines and chemokines, enzymes and enzyme inhibitors, extracellular matrix proteins, and membrane receptors, bind heparin. Although they are traditionally classified as heparin-binding proteins, under normal physiological conditions these proteins actually interact with the heparan sulfate chains of one or more membrane or extracellular proteoglycans. Thus, they are more appropriately classified as heparan sulfate-binding proteins (HSBPs). This review provides an overview of the various modes of interaction between heparan sulfate and HSBPs, emphasizing biochemical and structural insights that improve our understanding of the many biological functions of heparan sulfate.

Indexed as

AnimalsBinding SitesCarbohydratesExtracellular MatrixGlucuronidaseHeparanaseHeparan SulfateHumansHydrogen BondingLigandsMacromolecular SubstancesOligosaccharidesProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingProteinsProtein Structure, SecondaryCarbohydratesGlucuronidaseHeparanaseHeparan SulfateLigandsMacromolecular SubstancesOligosaccharidesProteinsProteoglycansglycan–protein interactionglycosaminoglycanheparan sulfate–binding domainheparin-binding proteinoligomerizationproteoglycan

Identifiers

PMID24606135
PMCPMC7851832
OpenAlexW2152821878

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