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ReviewInternational journal of experimental pathology2016

The role of heparan sulphate in development: the ectodermal story.

Vivien Jane Coulson-Thomas

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Review in International journal of experimental pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Oral manifestations in patients and dogs with mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII.American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2019
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  15. Deciphering functional glycosaminoglycan motifs in development.Current opinion in structural biology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vivien Jane Coulson-ThomasJohn van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heparan sulphate (HS) is ubiquitously expressed and is formed of repeating glucosamine and glucuronic/iduronic acid units which are generally highly sulphated. HS is found in tissues bound to proteins forming HS proteoglycans (HSPGs) which are present on the cell membrane or in the extracellular matrix. HSPGs influence a variety of biological processes by interacting with physiologically important proteins, such as morphogens, creating storage pools, generating morphogen gradients and directly mediating signalling pathways, thereby playing vital roles during development. This review discusses the vital role HS plays in the development of tissues from the ectodermal lineage. The ectodermal layer differentiates to form the nervous system (including the spine, peripheral nerves and brain), eye, epidermis, skin appendages and tooth enamel.

Indexed as

AnimalsEctodermExtracellular MatrixExtracellular Matrix ProteinsHeparan SulfateHeparan Sulfate ProteoglycansHumansSkinExtracellular Matrix ProteinsHeparan SulfateHeparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

Identifiers

PMID27385054
PMCPMC4960573
OpenAlexW2467128540

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Registered trials

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