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ArticleeLife2017

Mechanotransduction current is essential for stability of the transducing stereocilia in mammalian auditory hair cells.

A Catalina Vélez-Ortega, Mary J Freeman, Artur A Indzhykulian, Jonathan M Grossheim, Gregory I Frolenkov

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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79citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A Catalina Vélez-OrtegaDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9157-8390
Mary J FreemanDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.
Artur A IndzhykulianDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.
Jonathan M GrossheimDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.
Gregory I FrolenkovDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9810-5024
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

Repair of mechano-electrical transduction in mammalian auditory hair cellsR01DC014658 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI FROLENKOV, GREGORY I · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
Role of Staircase Hair Bundle Morphology in Auditory MechanotransductionR01DC008861 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI FROLENKOV, GREGORY I · 2009 to 2012
$1.5M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC008861NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014658
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanotransducer channels at the tips of sensory stereocilia of inner ear hair cells are gated by the tension of 'tip links' interconnecting stereocilia. To ensure maximal sensitivity, tip links are tensioned at rest, resulting in a continuous influx of Ca

Indexed as

Mechanotransduction, CellularAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCalciumHair Cells, AuditoryMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningRats, Sprague-DawleyStereociliaCalciumactincalciumcell biologydeafnesshair cellsmechanotransductionmouseneuroscienceratstereocilia

Identifiers

PMID28350294
PMCPMC5407859
OpenAlexW2601319379

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