Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28322822›Full record

ReviewExperimental cell research2017

Asymmetry at cell-cell interfaces direct cell sorting, boundary formation, and tissue morphogenesis.

Rosa Ventrella, Nihal Kaplan, Spiro Getsios

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Review in Experimental cell research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 22 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rosa VentrellaDepartment of Dermatology, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Nihal KaplanDepartment of Dermatology, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Spiro GetsiosDepartment of Dermatology, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: spigetsi@gmail.com.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

CELLULAR &MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008061 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CARTHEW, RICHARD W. · 1985 to 2022
$17.1M
EphA/Ephrin-A signaling in epidermal differentiation and diseaseR01AR062110 · NIAMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LAVKER, ROBERT M · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR062110NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During development, cells of seemingly homogenous character sort themselves out into distinct compartments in order to generate cell types with specialized features that support tissue morphogenesis and function. This process is often driven by receptors at the cell membrane that probe the extracellular microenvironment for specific ligands and alter downstream signaling pathways impacting transcription, cytoskeletal organization, and cell adhesion to regulate cell sorting and subsequent boundary formation. This review will focus on two of these receptor families, Eph and Notch, both of which are intrinsically non-adhesive and are activated by a unique set of ligands that are asymmetrically distributed from their receptor on neighboring cells. Understanding the requirement of asymmetric ligand-receptor signaling at the membrane under homeostatic conditions gives insight into how misregulation of these pathways contributes to boundary disruption in diseases like cancer.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell AdhesionCell DifferentiationEphrinsHumansMorphogenesisReceptors, Eph FamilySignal TransductionEphrinsReceptors, Eph FamilyBoundaryCancerEph receptorEphrinNotchOrganogenesis

Identifiers

PMID28322822
PMCPMC5544567
OpenAlexW2595787129

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