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ReviewTissue barriers2013

Beyond cell-cell adhesion: Emerging roles of the tight junction scaffold ZO-2.

Andreas Traweger, Sebastian Toepfer, Roland N Wagner, Josef Zweimueller-Mayer, Renate Gehwolf, Christine Lehner, Herbert Tempfer, Istvan Krizbai, Imola Wilhelm, Hans-Christian Bauer and 1 more

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Review in Tissue barriers, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. ZO-2 seals the deal for platelet tight junctions.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2025
    Article
  4. Two Novel Pathogenic Variants ofFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
    Article
  5. Article
  6. SUMOylation regulates the intracellular fate of ZO-2.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2017
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Pathological implications of cadherin zonation in mouse liver.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2015
    Article
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

11 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Andreas TrawegerParacelsus Medical University; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg; Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration; Salzburg, Austria ; Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration; Vienna, Austria.
Sebastian ToepferUniversity of Salzburg; Department of Organismic Biology; Salzburg, Austria.
Roland N WagnerSanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute; La Jolla, CA USA.
Josef Zweimueller-MayerUniversity of Salzburg; Department of Organismic Biology; Salzburg, Austria.
Renate GehwolfParacelsus Medical University; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg; Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration; Salzburg, Austria ; Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration; Vienna, Austria.
Christine LehnerParacelsus Medical University; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg; Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration; Salzburg, Austria ; Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration; Vienna, Austria.
Herbert TempferParacelsus Medical University; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg; Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration; Salzburg, Austria ; Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration; Vienna, Austria.
Istvan KrizbaiInstitute of Biophysics; Biological Research Centre; Szeged, Hungary.
Imola WilhelmInstitute of Biophysics; Biological Research Centre; Szeged, Hungary.
Hans-Christian BauerParacelsus Medical University; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg; Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration; Salzburg, Austria ; Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration; Vienna, Austria ; University of Salzburg; Department of Organismic Biology; Salzburg, Austria.
Hannelore BauerParacelsus Medical University; Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg; Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration; Salzburg, Austria ; University of Salzburg; Department of Organismic Biology; Salzburg, Austria.
Paracelsus Medical University · ATUniversity of Salzburg · ATInstitute of Biophysics · HUAustrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration · ATLa Jolla Alcohol Research · USPädagogische Hochschule Salzburg · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zonula occludens proteins (ZO-1, ZO-2, ZO-3), which belong to the family of membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) homologs, serve as molecular hubs for the assembly of multi-protein networks at the cytoplasmic surface of intercellular contacts in epithelial and endothelial cells. These multi-PDZ proteins exert crucial functions in the structural organization of intercellular contacts and in transducing intracellular signals from the plasma membrane to the nucleus. The junctional MAGUK protein ZO-2 not only associates with the C-terminal PDZ-binding motif of various transmembrane junctional proteins but also transiently targets to the nucleus and interacts with a number of nuclear proteins, thereby modulating gene expression and cell proliferation. Recent evidence suggests that ZO-2 is also involved in stress response and cytoprotective mechanisms, which further highlights the multi-faceted nature of this PDZ domain-containing protein. This review focuses on ZO-2 acting as a molecular scaffold at the cytoplasmic aspect of tight junctions and within the nucleus and discusses additional aspects of its cellular activities. The multitude of proteins interacting with ZO-2 and the heterogeneity of proteins either influencing or being influenced by ZO-2 suggests an exceptional functional capacity of this protein far beyond merely serving as a structural component of cellular junctions.

Indexed as

cytoprotectionnuclear shuttlingPDZ scaffoldstress responsetight junctionZO-2

Identifiers

PMID24665396
PMCPMC3885625
OpenAlexW2011973507

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