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ReviewSpermatogenesis

Kinases as targets for chemical modulators: Structural aspects and their role in spermatogenesis.

Pranitha Jenardhanan, Premendu P Mathur

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Review in Spermatogenesis. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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.

Pranitha JenardhananCentre for Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Pondicherry University ; Puducherry, India.
Premendu P MathurCentre for Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Pondicherry University ; Puducherry, India ; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; School of Life Sciences; Pondicherry University ; Puducherry, India ; KIIT University ; Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India.
Institute of Bioinformatics · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein phosphorylation and de-phosphorylation events are crucial in deciding the fate of cells. They regulate cellular growth, differentiation and cell death, and kinases are the key players of these events. The members of ser/thr kinases and tyrosine kinases form the majority of protein kinase family, exerting their regulatory mechanism in almost all cells. In testis, they impact signal transduction events, regulate all stages of sperm development from mitosis through fertilization. Understanding the function of these kinases at the structural level and studying their interactions with inhibitors can help in understanding the machinery of spermatogenesis. In view of this, we have reviewed some of the prominent kinases that are known to play a role in spermatogenesis. A better understanding of the impacts of kinase inhibition on spermatogenesis should aid in the interpretation of lesions and hopefully further the development of more efficient and potent drug candidates.

Indexed as

kinase inhibitorsPTKsreceptor-ligand interactionssignal transduction in spermatogenesistestis specific kinases

Identifiers

PMID26413395
PMCPMC4581050
OpenAlexW2066632174

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