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

Identification of the gene that codes for the σ

Assaf Alon, Hayden R Schmidt, Michael D Wood, James J Sahn, Stephen F Martin, Andrew C Kruse

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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 162 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
162citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

162 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 264 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Assaf AlonDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Hayden R SchmidtDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Michael D WoodDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712.
James J SahnDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712.
Stephen F MartinDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712.
Andrew C KruseDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; andrew_kruse@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1467-1222
Harvard University · USThe University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Molecular mechanisms of adiponectin signaling and PAQR functionDP5OD021345 · OD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KRUSE, ANDREW · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
NIH HHS DP5 OD021345NIMH NIH HHS HHSN271201300017C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The σ

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAspartic AcidCarrier ProteinsCattleCholesterolEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansInsectaIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLigandsLiverMCF-7 CellsMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane ProteinsAspartic AcidCarrier ProteinsCholesterolIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLigandsMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane ProteinsNiemann-Pick C1 ProteinNPC1 protein, humanReceptors, sigmaRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingTMEM97 protein, humancholesterol regulationNPC1sigma-2 receptorsigma receptorsTMEM97

Identifiers

PMID28559337
PMCPMC5502638
OpenAlexW2618221287

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