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ReviewInternational journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology2016

Type 3 adenylyl cyclase: a key enzyme mediating the cAMP signaling in neuronal cilia.

Liyan Qiu, Robert P LeBel, Daniel R Storm, Xuanmao Chen

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Review in International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interaction between anNutrients · 2018
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  3. The nociceptor primary cilium.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2026
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  4. Primary cilia and neural computation.Journal of biomedical science · 2026
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  6. Adenylyl Cyclases as Therapeutic Targets in Neuroregeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
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  8. The Nociceptor Primary Cilium Contributes to Mechanical Nociceptive Threshold and Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  14. Technologies, strategies, and cautions when deconvoluting genome-wide association signals: FTO in focus.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liyan QiuDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Science and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824, USA.
Robert P LeBelDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Science and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824, USA.
Daniel R StormDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, WA, 98195-7750, USA.
Xuanmao ChenDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Science and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824, USA.
University of Washington · US

Funding

Memory Enhancement by A Genetic Increase in cAMP SignalsR01MH073601 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STORM, DANIEL R · 2006 to 2015
$3.5M
The role of AC3 in neuronal activity and depression-related phenotypeR21MH105746 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CHEN, XUANMAO · 2015 to 2016
$398k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH073601NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH105746
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cilia are rigid, centriole-derived, microtubule-based organelles present in a majority of vertebrate cells including neurons. They are considered the cellular "antennae" attuned for detecting a range of extracellular signals including photons, odorants, morphogens, hormones and mechanical forces. The ciliary microenvironment is distinct from most actin-based subcellular structures such as microvilli or synapses. In the nervous system, there is no evidence that neuronal cilia process any synaptic structure. Apparently, the structural features of neuronal cilia do not allow them to harbor any synaptic connections. Nevertheless, a large number of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) including odorant receptors, rhodopsin, Smoothened, and type 6 serotonin receptor are found in cilia, suggesting that these tiny processes largely depend on metabotropic receptors and their tuned signals to impact neuronal functions. The type 3 adenylyl cyclase (AC3), widely known as a cilia marker, is highly and predominantly expressed in olfactory sensory cilia and primary cilia throughout the brain. We discovered that ablation of AC3 in mice leads to pleiotropic phenotypes including anosmia, failure to detect mechanical stimulation of airflow, cognitive deficit, obesity, and depression-like behaviors. Multiple lines of human genetic evidence also demonstrate that AC3 is associated with obesity, major depressive disorder (MDD), sarcoidosis, and infertility, underscoring its functional importance. Here we review recent progress on AC3, a key enzyme mediating the cAMP signaling in neuronal cilia.

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AC3cAMP signalingdepressionmechanosensationobesityolfactionprimary cilia

Identifiers

PMID27785336
PMCPMC5078481
OpenAlexW2541500163

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