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ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2017

Configuring a robust nervous system with Fat cadherins.

Evelyn C Avilés, Lisa V Goodrich

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Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Atypical Cadherin FAT2 Is Required for Synaptic Integrity and Motor Behaviors.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  3. Nervous system-wide analysis of allScience advances · 2025
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  14. Regulation of Wnt signaling by protocadherins.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2017
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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

2 authors.

Evelyn C AvilésDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Lisa V GoodrichDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: Lisa_Goodrich@hms.harvard.edu.

Funding

Molecular control of neuronal shape and connectivity in the developing retinaR01EY024884 · NEI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI GOODRICH, LISA · 2016 to 2019
$1.7M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atypical Fat cadherins represent a small but versatile group of signaling molecules that influence proliferation and tissue polarity. With huge extracellular domains and intracellular domains harboring many independent protein interaction sites, Fat cadherins are poised to translate local cell adhesion events into a variety of cell behaviors. The need for such global coordination is particularly prominent in the nervous system, where millions of morphologically diverse neurons are organized into functional networks. As we learn more about their biological functions and molecular properties, increasing evidence suggests that Fat cadherins mediate contact-induced changes that ultimately impose a structure to developing neuronal circuits.

Indexed as

AnimalsCadherinsHumansModels, BiologicalMorphogenesisNervous SystemNeuronsCadherinsFat cadherinsFat-like cadherinsNeural developmentPlanar polarityTissue polarity

Identifiers

PMID28603077
PMCPMC5582996

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