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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Creatine maintains intestinal homeostasis and protects against colitis.

Emre Turer, William McAlpine, Kuan-Wen Wang, Tianshi Lu, Xiaohong Li, Miao Tang, Xiaoming Zhan, Tao Wang, Xiaowei Zhan, Chun-Hui Bu and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Creatine kinase regulates energy metabolism and growth of trophoblasts.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  7. Spatial mapping of dextran sodium sulphate-induced intestinal inflammation and its systemic effects.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  20. The Role of AMPK Signaling in Ulcerative Colitis.Drug design, development and therapy · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emre TurerCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
William McAlpineCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Kuan-Wen WangCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Tianshi LuCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Xiaohong LiCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Miao TangCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Xiaoming ZhanCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Tao WangCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Xiaowei ZhanCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Chun-Hui BuCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Anne R MurrayCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505.
Bruce BeutlerCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8505; bruce.beutler@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Mutagenetic analysis of LPS responsesR37GM067759 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BEUTLER, BRUCE A · 2007 to 2016
$8.6M
INTEGRATIVE IMMUNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI005284 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Nan Yan · 2003 to 2026
$7.4M
UT GASTROENTEROLOGY/HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32DK007745 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Rodney E Infante · 1997 to 2026
$6.8M
Forward Genetic Analysis of Intestinal HomeostasisK08DK107886 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI TURER, EMRE EROL · 2016 to 2020
$740k
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI005284NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK107886NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007745NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM067759
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Creatine, a nitrogenous organic acid, replenishes cytoplasmic ATP at the expense of mitochondrial ATP via the phosphocreatine shuttle. Creatine levels are maintained by diet and endogenous synthesis from arginine and glycine. Glycine amidinotransferase (GATM) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of creatine biosynthesis: the transfer of an amidino group from arginine to glycine to form ornithine and guanidinoacetate. We screened 36,530 third-generation germline mutant mice derived from

Indexed as

AmidinotransferasesAnimalsColitisColonCreatineCRISPR-Cas SystemsEpithelial CellsFemaleHomeostasisIntestinal MucosaIntestinesMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMutation, MissenseProtective AgentsAmidinotransferasesCreatineglycine amidinotransferaseProtective Agentsglycine amidinotransferaseinflammatory bowel diseasemTORN-ethyl-N-nitrosourea

Identifiers

PMID28137860
PMCPMC5321020
OpenAlexW2579940769

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