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ReviewCell death and differentiation2017

Non-apoptotic cell death in animal development.

Lena M Kutscher, Shai Shaham

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Review in Cell death and differentiation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lena M KutscherLaboratory of Developmental Genetics, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Shai ShahamLaboratory of Developmental Genetics, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Rockefeller University · US

Funding

Genetics and Cell BiologyT32GM066699 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI STRICKLAND, SIDNEY · 2004 to 2021
$7.6M
Control of nonapoptotic C. elegans cell death similar to neurodegenerationR01NS081490 · NINDS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI SHAHAM, SHAI · 2012 to 2017
$2.2M
Control of Linker Cell Death in C. elegansR01HD078703 · NICHD · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI SHAHAM, SHAI · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD078703NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM066699NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS081490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed cell death (PCD) is an important process in the development of multicellular organisms. Apoptosis, a form of PCD characterized morphologically by chromatin condensation, membrane blebbing, and cytoplasm compaction, and molecularly by the activation of caspase proteases, has been extensively investigated. Studies in Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, mice, and the developing chick have revealed, however, that developmental PCD also occurs through other mechanisms, morphologically and molecularly distinct from apoptosis. Some non-apoptotic PCD pathways, including those regulating germ cell death in Drosophila, still appear to employ caspases. However, another prominent cell death program, linker cell-type death (LCD), is morphologically conserved, and independent of the key genes that drive apoptosis, functioning, at least in part, through the ubiquitin proteasome system. These non-apoptotic processes may serve as backup programs when caspases are inactivated or unavailable, or, more likely, as freestanding cell culling programs. Non-apoptotic PCD has been documented extensively in the developing nervous system, and during the formation of germline and somatic gonadal structures, suggesting that preservation of these mechanisms is likely under strong selective pressure. Here, we discuss our current understanding of non-apoptotic PCD in animal development, and explore possible roles for LCD and other non-apoptotic developmental pathways in vertebrates. We raise the possibility that during vertebrate development, apoptosis may not be the major PCD mechanism.

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AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaspasesCell DeathChick EmbryoDrosophila melanogasterGene Expression RegulationMaleMiceOvumProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexSignal TransductionSpermatozoaTranscription FactorsUbiquitinCaspasesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexTranscription FactorsUbiquitin

Identifiers

PMID28211869
PMCPMC5520451
OpenAlexW2588238923

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