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ReviewCells2016

Multiple Roles of the Small GTPase Rab7.

Flora Guerra, Cecilia Bucci

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Review in Cells, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 262 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
262citing papers in PubMed
18.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

262 citing papers in PubMed, 392 citations in OpenAlex.

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202 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Flora GuerraDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), Università del Salento, Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni n. 165, 73100 Lecce, Italy. guerraflora@gmail.com.
Cecilia BucciDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), Università del Salento, Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni n. 165, 73100 Lecce, Italy. cecilia.bucci@unisalento.it.
University of Salento · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rab7 is a small GTPase that belongs to the Rab family and controls transport to late endocytic compartments such as late endosomes and lysosomes. The mechanism of action of Rab7 in the late endocytic pathway has been extensively studied. Rab7 is fundamental for lysosomal biogenesis, positioning and functions, and for trafficking and degradation of several signaling receptors, thus also having implications on signal transduction. Several Rab7 interacting proteins have being identified leading to the discovery of a number of different important functions, beside its established role in endocytosis. Furthermore, Rab7 has specific functions in neurons. This review highlights and discusses the role and the importance of Rab7 on different cellular pathways and processes.

Indexed as

apoptosisautophagyendocytosisintermediate filamentslipophagylysosomemembrane trafficmitophagyRab7vesicular transport

Identifiers

PMID27548222
PMCPMC5040976
OpenAlexW2511932783

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