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ReviewCell death and differentiation2016

Exposure of phosphatidylserine on the cell surface.

S Nagata, J Suzuki, K Segawa, T Fujii

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Review in Cell death and differentiation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 289 papers.

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289citing papers in PubMed
17.3field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

289 citing papers in PubMed, 485 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Metabolic Control of Membrane Lipid Asymmetry in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S NagataLaboratory of Biochemistry & Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
J SuzukiLaboratory of Biochemistry & Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
K SegawaLaboratory of Biochemistry & Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
T FujiiLaboratory of Biochemistry & Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Osaka University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) is a phospholipid that is abundant in eukaryotic plasma membranes. An ATP-dependent enzyme called flippase normally keeps PtdSer inside the cell, but PtdSer is exposed by the action of scramblase on the cell's surface in biological processes such as apoptosis and platelet activation. Once exposed to the cell surface, PtdSer acts as an 'eat me' signal on dead cells, and creates a scaffold for blood-clotting factors on activated platelets. The molecular identities of the flippase and scramblase that work at plasma membranes have long eluded researchers. Indeed, their identity as well as the mechanism of the PtdSer exposure to the cell surface has only recently been revealed. Here, we describe how PtdSer is exposed in apoptotic cells and in activated platelets, and discuss PtdSer exposure in other biological processes.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBlood PlateletsCaspasesCell MembraneHumansPhosphatidylserinesPhospholipid Transfer ProteinsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersCaspasesPhosphatidylserinesPhospholipid Transfer Proteins

Identifiers

PMID26891692
PMCPMC4987739
OpenAlexW2274754252

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