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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2016

Glycosphingolipid-Protein Interaction in Signal Transduction.

Domenico Russo, Seetharaman Parashuraman, Giovanni D'Angelo

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Tumor-Associated Glycan Exploits Adenosine Receptor 2A Signaling to Facilitate Immune Evasion.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  13. Regulation of cellular and systemic sphingolipid homeostasis.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024
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  20. The expanding organelle lipidomes: current knowledge and challenges.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2023
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Domenico RussoInstitute of Protein Biochemistry National Research Council, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy. d.russo@ibp.cnr.it.
Seetharaman ParashuramanInstitute of Protein Biochemistry National Research Council, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy. r.parashuraman@ibp.cnr.it.
Giovanni D'AngeloInstitute of Protein Biochemistry National Research Council, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy. g.dangelo@ibp.cnr.it.
Institute of Protein Biochemistry · ITNational Research Council · ITSDN Istituto di Ricerca Diagnostica e Nucleare · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are a class of ceramide-based glycolipids essential for embryo development in mammals. The synthesis of specific GSLs depends on the expression of distinctive sets of GSL synthesizing enzymes that is tightly regulated during development. Several reports have described how cell surface receptors can be kept in a resting state or activate alternative signalling events as a consequence of their interaction with GSLs. Specific GSLs, indeed, interface with specific protein domains that are found in signalling molecules and which act as GSL sensors to modify signalling responses. The regulation exerted by GSLs on signal transduction is orthogonal to the ligand-receptor axis, as it usually does not directly interfere with the ligand binding to receptors. Due to their properties of adjustable production and orthogonal action on receptors, GSLs add a new dimension to the control of the signalling in development. GSLs can, indeed, dynamically influence progenitor cell response to morphogenetic stimuli, resulting in alternative differentiation fates. Here, we review the available literature on GSL-protein interactions and their effects on cell signalling and development.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationGangliosidesGlycosphingolipidsMammalsProtein BindingReceptors, Cell SurfaceSignal TransductionGangliosidesGlycosphingolipidsReceptors, Cell Surfaceglycan–protein interactionglycosphingolipidsignalling

Identifiers

PMID27754465
PMCPMC5085762
OpenAlexW2537612284

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