ReviewFrontiers in physiology2015
Endogenous electric fields as guiding cue for cell migration.
Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
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
67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
- Stem Cell Strategies in Promoting Neuronal Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Engineered piezoelectric dressings advance cutaneous wound healing.Bioactive materials · 2026Review
- The Impact of Biomaterial Charge on Cells' Bioelectrical Signaling.Cells, tissues, organs · 2026Review
- Wireless Bioelectronic Modulation of Membrane Potential in Glioblastoma Using Carbon Nanotube Porins.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Plasmonic imaging of living pancreatic beta-cell networks.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Oscillatory dynamics in paclitaxel-proteinoid networks.Discover molecules · 2026Article
- Extracellular bioelectrical lexicon: detecting rhythmic patterns within dermal fibroblast populations.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Electrical Stimulation of Cells: Drivers, Technology, and Effects.Chemical reviews · 2025Review
- Electroactive Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds: Innovative Approaches for Improved Skin Wound Healing.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Safety and preliminary efficacy of an electrically stimulated implant for mandibular bone regeneration: a pilot study in a large animal model.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Article
- Electrostimulation combined with biodegradable electroactive oriented nanofiber polycaprolactone/gelatin/carbon nanotube to accelerate wound healing.Materials today. Bio · 2025Article
- Direct current electrical fields inhibit cancer cell motility in microchannel confinements.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cell shape and orientation control galvanotactic accuracy.Soft matter · 2024Article
- Engineering 3D Scaffold-Free Nanoparticle-Laden Stem Cell Constructs for Piezoelectric Enhancement of Human Neural Tissue Formation and Function.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Bioelectricity in dental medicine: a narrative review.Biomedical engineering online · 2024Review
- Biophysical control of plasticity and patterning in regeneration and cancer.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2023Review
- Quantum Biology and the Potential Role of Entanglement and Tunneling in Non-Targeted Effects of Ionizing Radiation: A Review and Proposed Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Article
- Physical stimuli-emitting scaffolds: The role of piezoelectricity in tissue regeneration.Materials today. Bio · 2023Review
7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This review covers two topics: (1) "membrane potential of low magnitude and related electric fields (bioelectricity)" and (2) "cell migration under the guiding cue of electric fields (EF)."Membrane potentials for this "bioelectricity" arise from the segregation of charges by special molecular machines (pumps, transporters, ion channels) situated within the plasma membrane of each cell type (including eukaryotic non-neural animal cells). The arising patterns of ion gradients direct many cell- and molecular biological processes such as embryogenesis, wound healing, regeneration. Furthermore, EF are important as guiding cues for cell migration and are often overriding chemical or topographic cues. In osteoblasts, for instance, the directional information of EF is captured by charged transporters on the cell membrane and transferred into signaling mechanisms that modulate the cytoskeleton and motor proteins. This results in a persistent directional migration along an EF guiding cue. As an outlook, we discuss questions concerning the fluctuation of EF and the frequencies and mapping of the "electric" interior of the cell. Another exciting topic for further research is the modeling of field concepts for such distant, non-chemical cellular interactions.
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.