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ArticleBiology open2017

Hagfish slime exudate stabilization and its effect on slime formation and functionality.

L J Böni, R Zurflüh, M Widmer, P Fischer, E J Windhab, P A Rühs, S Kuster

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Article in Biology open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Design Principles for Deployable Fibers Inspired by Hagfish Defense.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  2. Physics of unravelling and micromechanics of hagfish threads.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L J BöniDepartment of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-0037
R ZurflühDepartment of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
M WidmerDepartment of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
P FischerDepartment of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-5037
E J WindhabDepartment of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
P A RühsDepartment of Materials, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland patrick.ruehs@mat.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1918-8253
S KusterDepartment of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2771-9667
ETH Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hagfish produce vast amounts of slime when under attack. The slime is the most dilute hydrogel known to date, and is a highly interesting material for biomaterial research. It forms from a glandular secrete, called exudate, which deploys upon contact with seawater. To study slime formation

Indexed as

Exudate storageHagfish slimeProtein glueStabilizationVesicle rupture

Identifiers

PMID28619721
PMCPMC5550916
OpenAlexW2625275526

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Registered trials

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