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ReviewGlycoconjugate journal2014

Simplifying complexity: genetically resculpting glycosphingolipid synthesis pathways in mice to reveal function.

Maria Laura Allende, Richard L Proia

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Review in Glycoconjugate journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Gangliosides in molecular interactions and cell regulation.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  7. Sphingolipids: drivers of cardiac fibrosis and atrial fibrillation.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2024
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  18. Role of Globotriaosylceramide in Physiology and Pathology.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022
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  20. Glycocalyx Curving the Membrane: Forces Emerging from the Cell Exterior.Annual review of cell and developmental biology · 2021
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Laura AllendeGenetics of Development and Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 9D-06; 10 Center DR MSC 1821, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1821, USA.
Richard L Proia
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Sphingolipid Biology of NeurodegenerationZIADK056016 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI PROIA, RICHARD · 2009 to 2025
$21.3M
Mouse Models of Novel Sphingolipid Biology and Disease MechanismsZIADK056014 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI PROIA, RICHARD · 2009 to 2025
$10.6M
Sphingolipid Biology and Regulation of MetabolismZIADK056018 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI PROIA, RICHARD · 2009 to 2022
$8.9M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are a group of plasma-membrane lipids notable for their extremely diverse glycan head groups. The metabolic pathways for GSLs, including the identity of the biosynthetic enzymes needed for synthesis of their glycans, are now well understood. Many of their cellular functions, which include plasma-membrane organization, regulation of cell signaling, endocytosis, and serving as binding sites for pathogens and endogenous receptors, have also been established. However, an understanding of their functions in vivo had been lagging. Studies employing genetic manipulations of the GSL synthesis pathways in mice have been used to systematically reduce the large numbers and complexity of GSL glycan structures, allowing the in vivo functions of GSLs to be revealed from analysis of the resulting phenotypes. Findings from these studies have produced a clearer picture of the role of GSLs in mammalian physiology, which is the topic of this review.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiosynthetic PathwaysEnterocytesGalactosyltransferasesGene Expression RegulationGlycosphingolipidsLiverMiceMice, KnockoutNervous SystemNeuronsOligodendrogliaSignal TransductionGalactosyltransferasesGlycosphingolipids

Identifiers

PMID25351657
PMCPMC4245496
OpenAlexW2086643112

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